College- and Career-Planning Magazines Receive Support From USA Funds

USA Funds^® is a financial supporter of publications that help students make education and career plans following high school.

For the fifth-consecutive year, USA Funds serves as corporate sponsor of the magazine Next Indiana: A Guide to Life After High School, and, for the fourth-consecutive year, USA Funds is the corporate sponsor of GRAD magazine.

Next Indiana
Next Indiana is a publication of IBJ Corp., publisher of the Indianapolis Business Journal; the Indiana Department of Education; and the Indiana Commission for Higher Education. Next Indiana provides information about the options available to students after high school and about topics such as handling finances and choosing a career. The magazine recently was delivered to every junior and senior in high schools throughout Indiana. An online activity guide helps guidance counselors make the best use of the information presented in Next Indiana.

As part of its sponsorship of Next Indiana, USA Funds also is providing a $1,500 scholarship for use at an Indiana postsecondary institution. IBJ Corp. will randomly select the scholarship recipient’s name in the spring from Next Indiana reply cards, which also permit students to request information about careers, Indiana schools and Indiana companies.

GRAD
GRAD is a publication of IBJ Corp. and sponsored by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education and the Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute, with support from the Indiana Economic Development Corp. GRAD focuses on graduate-study opportunities, employment prospects and quality of life in Indiana. The magazine recently was distributed to juniors and seniors at Indiana colleges and universities.

For GRAD, USA Funds is providing a $1,500 scholarship for a student to attend an Indiana graduate school. IBJ Corp. also will select this scholarship recipient randomly in the spring from reply cards that readers can return to request additional information about college and careers in Indiana.

Additionally, USA Funds was a key source of information for Next Indiana’s and GRAD’s financial-aid sections.

Mississippi and Louisiana publications
For the third-consecutive year, USA Funds also provided financial support for the publication of Mississippi Next and Louisiana Next magazines. As part of its sponsorship of Mississippi Next magazine, USA Funds is funding a $1,500 scholarship to a 2006-graduating Mississippi high-school senior for use at any Mississippi postsecondary-education institution.

USA Funds’ sponsorship of these college- and career-planning publications is in support of its mission to enhance higher-education preparedness, access and success.