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OMG Scott's Tots IRL! Billionaire Chicago Family Cancels Promise Of College Scholarships To 100s Of Black Students
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According to WBEZ Chicago on Wednesday, the Schuler Scholars program has abruptly shut down — leaving tons of students with a last-minute financial issue just weeks before the school year begins. The program was founded by (former) billionaire Jack Schuler, a healthcare investor and former Abbott Laboratories executive, and his daughter over two decades ago to help send low-income and first-generation Chicago kids to college. In exchange for counseling, tutoring, and help to pay tuition, high school students had to sign a contract promising to fulfill a long list of requirements and live under the watchful eye of the program in order to secure their financing.
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