High school graduates of Detroit’s inner city seeking to enroll in Wayne State University will receive both financial help from an allocation of $50,000 and counseling services from Detroit Jewish agencies to help assure successful college careers.
Dr. Samuel Krohn, immediate past president of the Jewish Community Council, in announcing the project, said that the program would start in the fall of this year with a grant of $12,500 for 25 students from the Jewish Community Foundation of the United Jewish Charities. The program will be renewable annually for four years and will be carried out in cooperation with the Higher Education Opportunities Committee, headed by Federal Judge Wade McCree, Jr.
Dr. Krohn said the plan will aid minority group students for whom no scholarship help is otherwise available to complete their education for professions or careers. The student recipients will be chosen by the committee. In addition to scholarship grants, cultural, employment, health and referral assistance will be available to the students. Among the agencies which will provide such services will be the Shiffman Clinic of Sinai Hospital, the Jewish Vocational Service and Community Workshop, the Fresh Air Society, the Jewish Family and Children’s Service and the Jewish Community Center. Educational counseling will be provided by the committee.
The scholarship plan was initiated by the Jewish Community Council’s urban affairs committee of which Mrs. Julian Krolik is chairman. The Jewish Community Foundation, under the chairmanship of Max J. Zivian, reviewed the proposal and recommended the financing which was subsequently approved by the United Jewish Charities.
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