Student Scholarships
Scott Newland
6 September 2001
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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 16:19:28 +0300
Reply-To: Scott and
Shelia Newland <newland@TSE.COM.ER>
From: Scott and
Shelia Newland <newland@TSE.COM.ER>
To:
HEAD-NET@TC.UMN.EDU
Thanks to all those
who replied. I had 9 schools reply to
the question. There were several schools who wanted the results and as Promised
I said I would post them. I hope this will
make the archives. Scott
School 1
No more than 10% of
the budget for us.
No more than 50% in
scholarship money.
These scholarships
go mostly to missionary students.
We do however have a
special fee for permanent _(local)______ residents.
This fee is 3000 as
opposed to the regular 10,000.
For scholarships we
have a form that has to be filled out
School 2
Scholarships have
gotten most of us into financial problems at one time or another. Here in ____________ we give 1.25
scholarships to staff members, and temporary economic assistance that amounts
to about 20% of a scholarship to families who have been with us for at least
seven years, and we know are really having problems. All children must have at least a 7.5 G.P.A.
to even be considered. About 10% of the
operational budget is for scholarships and 95% of that is for staff members.
School 3
We do not offer
scholarships, waivers, fee reductions, etc. at this point. The current philosophy on the board is that
those who attend our school want a quality program and are willing to pay for
it. There are other less expensive
choices available.
We do offer six
scholarships (3 in grade 11 and 3 in grade 12) for local students who otherwise
could not afford to attend our school.
The recipients are selected by a committee. Scholarships are awarded based on the applicants performance on an English language test, a
written essay, a practice ACT and a committee interview.
School 4
We provide a maximum
of 50% tuition bursary where there is financial need and we limit is to
$125,000 in total.
School 5
About a year ago I
did a survey about reductions for second and third
children. But
I can't seem to find the results from Headnet.
I know it
is a file somewhere, the question is
where. If I come up with it, I
will forward it.
The bottom line was from the 20 or 30 schools that
responded, the majority did not have a reduction for
second, third or
more children in a family.
At _______, we have a tuition assistance for "needy" folks but it is
very subjective.
We have a very detailed form that a family must fill
out. Then
the finance committee determines if need is apparent. If so,
the most anyone can get is about a 30% reduction
of tuition, not other
fees (enrollment and capital development).
School 6
Here at the
we have a rigid and extremely limited system
for
financial aid. The Board sets a dollar limit on aid
each year when they approve the preliminary
budget.
Families who want
aid must complete a lengthy
application form and submit tax and salary documents.
The advantage is
financial predictability and wide
community support for this method. The disadvantage is
that we miss out on wonderful students who cannot
afford our steep tuition K through 9 of USD 11,525.
We also do not have
the option of taking students at
reduced tuition and at least taking in some revenue
in a tough year.
School 7
We provide tuition
assistance only but not to exceed 44% discount per
child. ASA
reserves up to 13% of its annual budget for this purpose. Any
more than that would impact on total operations
of school. A financial
disclosure form must be filled out with right of school
to verify financial
data if needed. I have found over my many years
that parents are not always
forthcoming in these matters. We do not call it
scholarship because it is
not based on scholarship but on financial need.
The tuition assistance is
just that. Parents must pay the full capital and
fees. Parents must submit
a new request each year. There is no guarantee
that amount given if any
will be the same each year. The purpose of the
assistance is to help people
over the rough times.
School 8
We have a
scholarship program - automatic 50% off, up to a maximum of 25% of student
body. For us, too, it is a marketing
tool since enrollment at times has been "challenged". Actually in the high school the scholarships
have increased numbers so we have split classes leaving some smaller that they
would have been otherwise.