<p>Barry</a> M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program
Barry</a> M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program: Scholar Press Release</p>
<p>The 2008 Goldwater Scholars have just been announced. These scholarships are awarded to undergraduates in engineering, mathematics and the sciences. Goldwater Scholars have often later won Rhodes, Marshalls and other prestigious awards.</p>
<p>Princeton leads the nation in Goldwater Scholars since the founding of the program with Harvard just a few behind. Schools may nominate up to four undergraduates for the scholarship and while Princeton has normally had four scholars, this year it had three. Eight schools were awarded four each this year and there were thirty-three schools (including Princeton) that had three. Within the Ivies this year:</p>
<p>3---Princeton, Harvard, Yale</p>
<p>2---Columbia, Cornell</p>
<p>1---UPenn, Dartmouth</p>