The Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation provides scholarship funds to institutions that are particularly welcoming to mature women students and that serve them well. The Newcombe Foundation values the programs, initiatives, and aspects of organizational design within these institutions that address the needs of mature women students. The programs featured were not created by Newcombe funding, but are examples of effective efforts by institutions to assist and support mature women students as they navigate the process of earning a college degree.

Featured programs:

• University of Maryland, Baltimore County – February 2012
  The Women's Center
  Providing creative programming in a space designated to meet the needs of women on UMBC's campus
• Towson University – November 2011
  Structuring the Newcombe Scholarship
  Program to Serve Mature Students
  Creating a program that focuses on completion of degrees, forming community, and career goals
• Saint Joseph's University – August 2011
  Celebrating and Engaging Women at SJU
  Providing valuable opportunities for women through the College of Professional and Liberal Studies and SJU's Women's Leadership Council
• Columbia University – July 2011
  School of General Studies
  Celebrating 30 Years of Newcombe Scholars
  Gathering alumnae and current Newcombe Scholars to commemorate the thirty-year-old partnership between the Newcombe Foundation and GS
• Kean University – May 2011
  A Tradition of Serving Non-traditional Students
  Continuing the tradition of providing access and support to mature women students seeking to complete a degree at a high quality public university
• Arcadia University – March 2011
  Pursuing a Passion for Art: One Student's Story
  Offering individual support to mature women, enabling them to reach their dreams
• Georgian Court University – February 2011
  Focus on Values – A Mercy Institution Helping Mature Women Realize their Dreams
  Creating a welcoming and supportive campus based on core values of respect, justice, integrity, compassion and service
• University of Pennsylvania – November 2010
  Bread Upon the Waters Program
  Providing full tuition to a select group of twenty-five mature women who are part-time students at Penn
• Gannon University – October 2010
  Creating a Community of Mature
  Women Students
  Helping mature women achieve a career in the health professions
• Marywood University – September 2010
  Nearly a Century of Commitment to Women
  Educating and empowering women through higher education since 1915
• Hunter College,
  City University of New York – June 2010
  Opening Doors to a New Future
  Providing access to affordable, quality higher education for a diverse, urban, international and immigrant population
• Moravian College – May 2010
  RN to BS Program
  Collaborating with St. Luke's Hospital to provide a BS degree completion program for RNs
• Gwynedd-Mercy College – April 2010
  A Mercy Tradition of Education and Service
  Welcoming mature women with effective programming, attention to the individual, and a sense of community
• Bloomfield College – March 2010
  Center for Adult Learning
  Pathways to Earning a College Degree - Balancing Work and Personal Responsibilities
• University of Maryland,
  College Park – February 2010
  Returning Students Program
  Providing academic, financial and personal support to adult students
• Columbia University – December 2009
  School of General Studies
  Integrating nontraditional and mature women students into the undergraduate population at an Ivy League institution
• Cedar Crest College – November 2009
  "Three Credits in Two Weekends"
  Intensive weekend course offerings as an option for nontraditional students
• Neumann University – July/August 2009
  Liberal Studies Adult Degree Program
  Offering opportunities to connect the classroom to the real world
• Rider University – June 2009
  College of Continuing Studies
  Writing Scholarship Essays Workshop
• Fordham University – May 2009
  College of Liberal Studies
  Career Services Workshops for Newcombe Scholarship recipients
• Rutgers University – April 2009
  The Mary I. Bunting Program
  Douglass Residential College
  Creating a community of mature women students and alumnae who offer support and encouragement
• La Salle University - March 2009
  The BUSCA and ACHIEVE programs
  Serving mature women within the Spanish speaking community, and serving working women who want to earn a nursing degree
• Widener University - February 2009
  University College
  Focused on serving part-time students
• Misericordia University - January 2009
  Women with Children Program
  Serving single mothers by providing housing and family support