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List of all Retention Council Agendas & Minutes
Agenda & Minutes for June 26, 2002
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Agenda of the Retention Council
Faculty Center 11:00 - 1:00 p.m.
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Announcements |
Anne Shelly |
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Merit scholarship awards |
Christopher Walsh, Dean
Office of Financial Aid and
Scholarship Programs
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Dissertation presentation
African American College Students' Perceptions of Success at a Predominantly White Institution
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Douglas Guiffrida, Ph.D. |
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Fall Meeting schedule:
October 2, 2002, Bartlett Room 262 NH II
November 13, 2002, Bartlett Room 262 NH II
December 4, 2002, Bartlett Room 262 NH II
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Minutes of the Retention Council
In Attendance: Eric Spina, Hanna Richardson, Bobbi Yonai, Nancy Rothschild, Aime Redmond, David Kohr, Andrew Clark, Anastasia Urtz, Rosanna Grassi, Chris Walsh, Ron Cavanagh, Mike Wasylenko, Sandy Hurd, Helen Murray, David Potter, Barbara Settel, Judy Hamilton, Doug Guiffrida, Anne Shelly and Sheila DeRose.
Luncheon meeting held at the Faculty Center.
I. Announcements
Anne Shelly welcomed the group in the absence of Horace H. Smith.
II. Merit Scholarship Awards:
Walsh - Gave handouts on scholarship programs for discussion. Last year 50% of students received merit scholarships. This year, 2002-2003, the scholarship amounts increased and 44.7% entering class received a scholarship. Minimum 2.5 GPA to receive merit scholarship. The Admissions office awards merit scholarships as part of the admissions process.
Shelly - Do we gather data on students that lose their merit scholarships due to GPA?
Walsh - No, they do get a warning letter that their merit award is in jeopardy if they do not meet the required GPA.
Cavanagh - List would be terribly important.
Anne - How many accomplish to raise GPA?
Walsh- Approximately half of the students manage to pull up their GPA. Financial Aid office is very sensitive to students needs and the need for funding to be maintained. If a students looses their merit award, we may decide to replace it with need based aid.
Grassi - GPA only criteria?
Chris - Yes, but still scan for credits. Need to complete Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) - 10 credits per semester minimum. 20% of students funded by Special Populations.
Judy Hamilton - Is there help available for students to obtain outside scholarships?
Chris - Yes, 2.5 million from outside scholarship sources. A lot of first time awards for entering students. The scholarship office will work with students to assist them in application process. Gates Millennium Scholarships brought in ¼ million in outside scholarships to our university.
Judy - Criteria vary between colleges?
Nancy Rothschild - Standard chart to award scholarships. Standardized testing and grades from High School are basis for merit awards.
Chris - Need to apply for financial aid to obtain scholarship.
Dean Potter - A 2.5 GPA is .10 from being suspended from A&S, anything above this is eligible for merit scholarship?
Chris - Good point but there are two greater issues- #1- frequently students that get merit aid and lose it wind up with inferior Financial Aid package. #2- Efforts to increase 2.5 requirements may create a larger retention issues.
Ron - It would be helpful to take a look at merit scholarships criteria and how they are doing. Before we change pattern, analyze what we have.
Chris - There is a considerable difference between colleges regarding grades. Some colleges' requirements are tougher.
Nancy - The formula, which is standardized tests are common, we use another exception column for those who don't test well. We do look at overall incoming student.
Chris - Awards became problematic when merit scholarship were increased. We wound up getting in discussion with parents and students on dollar value of specific GPA.
Potter - What was the monetary impact on need based aid when you increased merit?
Chris - No cut back on opportunity programs. If we are using more in merit the money must come from somewhere.
Potter - Seems to me that degree of balance is to know where we are as an institution (may be helpful)
Chris - Programs & policies need to reflect what SU is.
III. Dissertation presentation:
African American College Student's Perceptions of Success at a Predominantly white Institution - Douglas Guiffrida, Ph.D.
IV. Fall Meeting Schedule:
October 2, 2002, Bartlett Room 262NH II
November 13, 2002, Bartlett Room 262 NH II
December 4, 2002, Bartlett Room 262 NHII
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