Education Services

A Union Degree Deciding where to go to college? Consider labor's own college at the National Labor College in Silver Spring, MD. Learn about the National Labor College's accredited degree program.   Union Plus Education Services and College Planning Center are offered in conjunction with the unionized American Education Services (AES). Pictured above are AFSCME Local 1224 members at AES.

• Student Scholarships --> GO
  
  

  Check out the new Union Leaders of the Future Scholarship, the Union Plus Scholarship Program, Union Plus National Labor College Scholarship and many other union-sponsored scholarship opportunities.
  

  The 2008 Union Plus Scholarship application deadline was January 31, 2008. To receive an email when the 2009 scholarship application is available in September 2008, please click here.

  ---

• College Planning Center --> GO
  
  Looking for advice on going to college? From career assessments to completing college admission forms, the Union Plus College Planner site can help.
  
  

• Find information on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and State Savings Plans (529 Plans) at http://unionplus.educationplanner.com.
  
  
• You may speak directly with a Union Plus Financial Aid Counselor by calling 1-877-881-1022.

---

• Powell's Bookstore --> GO
  
  Hit the books. Visit a union-organized online bookstore on the Web where members can get new and used textbooks and other reading materials at a reasonable price. Beat the rush at the college bookstore and browse from home to find everything from grammar and style books, to dictionaries and test guides.
  Ten percent of the sales are donated to the Powell's worker's pension fund.

Download a fact sheet (PDF) (a one-page recap suitable for copying). Email this page to a fellow union member.