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FREE BOOK AND FULL-RIDE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP FOR MOMS.

eLearners.com, a web resource of EducationDynamics, has announced that it will give away 400 copies of the book "Life as a Single Mom: It Isn't Easy or Is It?", by Stephanie Clark, to visitors of its http://www.projectworkingmom.com. Clark is the founder & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of My Daughter's Keeper, Inc., a non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes.  empowering mothers, daughters, women and girls and a mother/daughter relationship coach. She is also the spokesperson for Project Working Mom, an online education advocacy campaign designed to help working moms improve their lives through education.

As part of the Project Working Mom campaign, which provides working moms the opportunity to receive a full-ride scholarship to one of the following schools: American Sentinel University, Ashford University Ashford University is a private, coeducational liberal arts university located in Clinton, Iowa. The University is owned by Bridgepoint Education, Inc., a for-profit higher education company based in San Diego, California. , Capella University Capella University is a private for-profit distance institution of higher learning. Capella University offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral (PhD and PsyD) degrees in business, technology, education, human services and psychology. , Everest University or Penn Foster College Penn Foster College is a degree-granting post-secondary distance education institution, located in the United States. The institution was founded in 1890, and was known as International Correspondence School, or ICS. , the first 400 scholarship applicants can receive the free book by checking a box on the scholarship application form saying they want "Life as a Single Mom: It Isn't Easy or Is It?". Clark's book talks about the ten steps women need to take to achieve success as a single mom and includes a compilation of inspiring stories from 47 single moms. The book was released in October 2007 and 100% of the book sales are donated to My Daughter's Keeper, Inc. to support its mission and programs for single moms.

"I wrote the book to help women see that 'yes' they can make their dreams come true," said Clark. "Self-empowerment, confidence and education are what every mom, single or married, needs to have to succeed for themselves and their family."

To apply for the scholarship women can go to http://www.projectworkingmom.com/ and submit an essay of 1,500 words or less that describes their life, education and/or career goals and explains how an online education will help them to reach their education goals.

Clark is the national spokesperson for Project Working Mom. The initial Project Working Mom campaign, which launched in January 2008, received more than 50,000 applicants, from working moms looking for Looking for

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 financial aid to get the college degree they need to advance in their career. Due to the overwhelming demand for the scholarships, eLearners.com created Project Working Mom 2 in June 2008. The deadline to apply for a full-ride scholarship to Capella University, Ashford University and Penn Foster College was August 31, 2008. The deadline for Everest University and American Sentinel University is September 30, 2008.

"The thousands and thousands of essays we've received from working moms pleading for help to pay for college is heartbreaking heart·break·ing  
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. We are looking for more ways to help them and are thankful we are able to help some moms finally get the education they need to move into the career they've always wanted," said Terrence Thomas, EVP EVP Executive Vice President
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 Marketing for EducationDynamics.

To help finance a college degree, in addition to the full-ride scholarships provided through Project Working Mom, eLearners.com provides a database with $15 billion in scholarship opportunities at http://www.elearners.com/scholarships/. Visitors to http://www.projectworkingmom.com/ will also find a comprehensive interactive website with online education resources, profiles of working moms going to school online and a community of women sharing their experiences.

About eLearners.com(R)

The eLearners.com website is one of several high visibility, high-quality prospecting tools offered by EducationDynamics, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

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. Since 1999, eLearners.com has been successfully connecting learners to online education, including online degree and certificate programs, specialized career training, and a variety of online courses. For prospective students, eLearners(R) provides a powerful search engine for users to find thousands of online program offerings, as well as educational evaluation Educational evaluation is the evaluation process of characterizing and appraising some aspect/s of an educational process.

There are two common purposes in educational evaluation which are, at times, in conflict with one another.
 tools and financial aid resources. For colleges and universities, the eLearners.com website offers a low-cost, performance-based method to provide national exposure and increase enrollments in their programs.

For more information, http://www.elearners.com.

About EducationDynamics

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Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art.
 institutions find, enroll and retain students. Home to some of the most visible education websites, including EarnMyDegree.com, eLearners.com, GradSchools.com, and StudyAbroad.com, EducationDynamics is one of the leading providers of qualified leads for colleges and universities. In addition, the company offers a full suite of web-delivered products and services to manage a school's relationship with students across their entire life cycle from inquiry through enrollment to retention.

For more information, visit http://www.educationdynamics.com or call 303/433-7020.
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