Ben Kaplan (author)
{{Short description|American economist and author (born 1977)}}
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Benjamin R. Kaplan (born 1977)"[https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no00045369.html Kaplan, Benjamin R.]" at Library of Congress Linked Data Service. is a Harvard-trained economist, public commentator specializing in education, scholarships and economics, and author of the books How to Get to College Almost for Free and The Scholarship Scouting Report, published by HarperCollins. He has written columns for The New York Times, Time, and U.S. News & World Report. His "Scholars & Dollars" education column was launched in The Oregonian (Portland's daily newspaper) in 2006.{{cite news|author=Michael Walden |url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/oregonianeditors/2006/10/new_column_replaces_ask_amy_th.html |title=New column replaces "Ask Amy" Thursdays | OregonLive.com |publisher=Blog.oregonlive.com |date= 2006-10-20|access-date=2012-12-02}} In 2008, he launched a companion radio feature on KMOX-AM in St. Louis.{{cite web |url=http://cbskmoxam.wordpress.com/tag/ben-kaplan/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130110060650/http://cbskmoxam.wordpress.com/tag/ben-kaplan/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-10 |title=Ben Kaplan « KMOX-AM |publisher=Cbskmoxam.wordpress.com |access-date=2012-12-02 }} He is a graduate of South Eugene High School in Oregon.
Career and book
Kaplan obtained over two dozen scholarships totaling $90,000{{cite news|author=Michelle Singletary, Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/06/AR2007010600123.html |title=Through College Avoiding Debt; WashingtonPost.com |work=washingtonpost.com |date= 2007-01-07|access-date=2012-12-02}} from programs including the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation, the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation, and the United States Senate Youth Program. This allowed him to finance most of his Harvard education,{{cite news|author=Gail MarksJarvis, Chicago Tribune |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2010/07/11/scholarship-search-may-be-worth-a-full-time-effort/ |title=Scholarship search may be worth a full-time effort; Chicago Tribune |publisher=chicagotribune.com |date= 2010-07-11|access-date=2012-12-02}} and led him to write the book How to Get to College Almost for Free, which was published by HarperCollins, after Kaplan successfully self-published.{{cite news|author=Mary Tabor, New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/24/business/business-big-advance-no-thanks-he-ll-publish-it-himself.html?ref=marybwtabor |title=Business; Big Advance? No, Thanks, He'll Publish It Himself; New York Times |work=The New York Times |date= 2000-09-24|access-date=2012-12-02}} He was selected the "Top Student Leader in America" by the National Association of Secondary School Principals.{{cite web|author=Sunday Feature |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19950430&id=ovxQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7eoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6908,7646088 |title=Education Notes; Eugene Register-Guard |publisher=Eugene Register-Guard |access-date=2012-12-02}}
Media
Kaplan has provided media commentary for numerous outlets, including interviews on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, Nightline, NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN,{{cite news|author=Miles O'Brien, CNN |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0009/16/smn.06.html |title=Benjamin Kaplan Discusses 'How To Go To College Almost For Free'; CNN.com |publisher=cnn.com |access-date=2012-12-02}} Fox News, NPR, G4, and the BBC. In 2012, he was interviewed on Attack of the Show by comedian Ben Schwartz.
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130402023702/http://harpercollins.com/authors/21008/Ben_Kaplan/index.aspx Ben Kaplan from HarperCollins Publishing]
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Category:Harvard University alumni