Mission

The mission of the Rhodes Alliance is to educate the public about the Rhodes Scholarship and other prestigious graduate scholarships.

The Rhodes Alliance is named after Cecil Rhodes, the British-South African businessman, statesman and philanthropist. In his will Rhodes stipulated the creation of the Rhodes Scholarship with the selection criteria of scholastic achievement, success in sports, moral character, and demonstrated leadership capabilities. Of particular note is the additional injunction that No student shall be qualified or disqualified for election to a Scholarship on account of his race or religious opinions. Forbidding discrimination is remarkable, given that this was written in 1902.

We can be contacted at info@rhodesalliance.org