Soaring tuition, shrinking aid, and political attacks on public education are pushing postsecondary education out of reach for many. “Unless higher education was a sure thing and a positive return, I could’ve ended up doing something completely different,” he said. Thanks to wrap-around support and automatically renewable scholarships, Curtis Fund scholars graduate at a significantly higher-than-average rate of almost 90%. I wouldn’t have been brave enough to make the leap without The Curtis Fund scholarship,” Brittany says. I wouldn’t have been brave enough to make the leap without The Curtis Fund scholarship,” Brittany says.