SACS Reaffirmation
Objective | Annual Examination Of Scholarship Distribution | |
Academic Scholarships should conduct annual comparative studies of the year-to-year distribution of scholarship funding. Associated Goals: Reassessing The Allocation Of Acdemic Scholarhsips |
Indicator | Increasing The Number Of Scholarship Applicants In the past year, too much scholarship money went unawarded. Academic Scholarships will seek ways in increasing the numbers of deserving scholarship applicants. |
Criteria | Substantial Increase Scholarship Applications By use of Scholar X scholarship application software and increased publicity, Academic Scholarships will seek a substantial (at least 15%) rise in the overall number of applications for academic scholarships. |
Finding | Negligible Rise in Scholarship Applications Despite the introduction of Scholar X and increased publicity, Academic Scholarships experienced only a negligible rise in the number of applications. |
Action | Refinement and Revision of the Process Academic Scholarships has already begun a revision of the language and mechanics of Scholar X. An expanded publicity effort will be undertaken in 2007-08 with the expectation of seeing a rise in the number of scholarship applications. |