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Post by foresterpride on Apr 29, 2008 9:38:19 GMT -5
I know she jumped at the opportunity when HU announced their new scholarship program.They had 3 girls lined up to interview for it.The 1 girl didn't show up for the interview but the other 2 got scholarships.Between those 2 and Brandis mom works at HU and her dad is softball coach at HU and I think 1 girl is presidential scholarship winner.So they have 4 girls not costing them anything.The girl from Michigan they just signed Brita will also play softball so that helps too. I don't believe HU still has the program that give employees' children free tuition.
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Post by ilikebasketball on Apr 29, 2008 10:04:32 GMT -5
Ebony Robinson -Elmhurst High School is 2nd in the FW area in assists, and 5th in steals. Just received a full non-basketball scholarship from HU/YFC. As well as Elmhurst's team captain Teirenney Fincher. I'm guessing there is a good chance that they will play basketball as well. I know this is somewhat off topic, but I'm very excited about this new scholarship program at HU for minorities. It's about time that there was a little more diversity in the student body, not just in skin color but in background and ethnic heritage. Hopefully this program will help inject that. Good lord you have to be joking about that?
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Post by huntington fan on Apr 29, 2008 11:06:15 GMT -5
I know she jumped at the opportunity when HU announced their new scholarship program.They had 3 girls lined up to interview for it.The 1 girl didn't show up for the interview but the other 2 got scholarships.Between those 2 and Brandis mom works at HU and her dad is softball coach at HU and I think 1 girl is presidential scholarship winner.So they have 4 girls not costing them anything.The girl from Michigan they just signed Brita will also play softball so that helps too. I don't believe HU still has the program that give employees' children free tuition. Yes it does. What would make you think HU would not offer a benefit that everybody else offers? It's not like the employees are getting such huge salaries that they don't need the help.
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Post by foresterpride on Apr 29, 2008 12:03:31 GMT -5
It was my impression that HU was doing away with it a few years ago because it was getting to be too many. Maybe they changed their minds, but I know it was at the very least discussed... thanks for the correction.
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Post by huntington fan on Apr 29, 2008 12:29:14 GMT -5
There have been discussions about how many dependents from other college's employees should get tuition waivers, and in fact there is a limit of sorts for that. However, if the administration decided to deny tuition benefits to its own employees' dependents, that would incite a firestorm among the faculty and staff. And I would be carrying one of the torches...
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Post by ronartest on Apr 29, 2008 12:33:28 GMT -5
There is no way they would nor should do away with it. However, there is currently one professor who has three children going here for free and I am pretty sure that all three will take 5 years to graduate since they can't seem to decide what they want to major in.....I mean I could see if they were pre-med or something..... That is the only case that seems to get mentioned a lot at HU as it seems like they are taking advantage of the system. One of my professor's had a daughter graduate from HU last year and I am all for children of professors getting free tuition because their parents are taking a big pay cut by teaching at HU instead of an IU for example.
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Post by tamrik on Apr 29, 2008 14:12:40 GMT -5
I am all for children of professors getting free tuition because their parents are taking a big pay cut by teaching at HU instead of an IU for example. Exactly! and the benefit doesn't really cost the institution the full value of the tuition...
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Post by foresterpride on Apr 29, 2008 15:45:13 GMT -5
tamrik, I don't follow. What do you mean?
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Post by ronartest on Apr 29, 2008 16:20:51 GMT -5
He means that the school has to make some kind of profit from tuition after it pays its professors and bills etc. This money is used for many different things, but bottom line is that whatever you as a student are charged for tuition is more than the real cost of tuition. Capitalism is a beautiful thing.
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Post by knaveljm on Apr 29, 2008 16:26:44 GMT -5
Many schools only allow one dependent to use the tuition waiver at a time. I believe Grace works that way. At my current school, it is only an 80% waiver and can only be used by one dependent at a time. Also, remember this is usually just a TUITION waiver, not room and board. So, in some ways, it is basically just adding an extra kid to a classroom for free.
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Post by huntington fan on Apr 29, 2008 20:37:36 GMT -5
He means that the school has to make some kind of profit from tuition after it pays its professors and bills etc. This money is used for many different things, but bottom line is that whatever you as a student are charged for tuition is more than the real cost of tuition. Capitalism is a beautiful thing. This is completely wrong. Why do colleges and universities have to raise money? To pay for the difference between its costs and the revenue generated from tuition. Student tuition at HU does not cover all the costs of that student's education. This is true for almost every school except for the Harvards of the world, but they are working with a different endowment than the rest of us. The reason the tuition waiver does not cost the institution that much is that an extra student or two in a bunch of classes does not require the college to hire extra people, etc. But, you can't do too many of those, or it will have significant costs, which is probably what Knavel's institution is worried about. Still, 80% of tuition is kind of chintzy, in my view. Sorry, Jason.
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Post by ronartest on Apr 29, 2008 21:02:52 GMT -5
He means that the school has to make some kind of profit from tuition after it pays its professors and bills etc. This money is used for many different things, but bottom line is that whatever you as a student are charged for tuition is more than the real cost of tuition. Capitalism is a beautiful thing. This is completely wrong. Why do colleges and universities have to raise money? To pay for the difference between its costs and the revenue generated from tuition. Student tuition at HU does not cover all the costs of that student's education. This is true for almost every school except for the Harvards of the world, but they are working with a different endowment than the rest of us. The reason the tuition waiver does not cost the institution that much is that an extra student or two in a bunch of classes does not require the college to hire extra people, etc. But, you can't do too many of those, or it will have significant costs, which is probably what Knavel's institution is worried about. Still, 80% of tuition is kind of chintzy, in my view. Sorry, Jason. Thanks for clearing that up.
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Post by knaveljm on Apr 30, 2008 5:15:15 GMT -5
Oh, I agree that 80% is pretty chintzy...Thankfully, I would have serious reservations about sending my kids to the school I'm currently at. And since they are 3 and 2, I seriously doubt I will still be here by the time they are ready for college!
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Post by huisrealgood on Apr 30, 2008 8:32:37 GMT -5
I know this is somewhat off topic, but I'm very excited about this new scholarship program at HU for minorities. It's about time that there was a little more diversity in the student body, not just in skin color but in background and ethnic heritage. Hopefully this program will help inject that. Good lord you have to be joking about that? I don't know what your deal is but I don't see anything wrong with this program. In fact the very fact that you are calling it a joke reflects poorly on you.
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Post by foresterfan on Apr 30, 2008 8:42:01 GMT -5
I agree. I think it's a very good program. Diversity, specifically the lack there of, has been an issue for HU for a while now.
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