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PROGRAM COSTS
Planning activities for the first year of
the National Scholars Program are estimated
to be $0.5 million. The second and third years
of the program would oversee implementation
of three pilot National Scholars consortiums
and an increase in the planning, coordinating'
and oversight responsibilities of the National
Scholars Coordinating Council. Total direct
program costs would be $9.3 million for the
two-year period. In 12 years? when the
program reaches steady state, estimated
annual expenditures for national program and
consortium site activities would total $48.7
million, with undergraduate scholarships and
graduate fellowships representing the major
share of program costs.
Scholars, the following information would be
required for each student: student financial
need as established by federal methodology,
cost-of-attendance at the institution in which
the student enrolls, the amount of any
institutional grant awarded, and all other
scholarship assistance a student may receive.
Because we do not have such information, we
must make informed guesses about student
family income, what kinds of institutions they
may attend (cost-of-attendance), and the
dollar amount of other scholarship assistance
they may receive. For ~ 995-96, the estimated
total costs of attending a four-year public
college or university as a residential student
~were $9,285. For private colleges, the
Because the National Scholars comparable figure was $19,762.
Program is a comprehensive effort involving A rough estimate of grant aid required
many institutions and organizations, the costs
of the program will depend on decisions
within each consortium about how the
program will be implemented as well as
factors unique to each consortium.
STUDENT SUPPORT
Undergraduate Scholarships
In order to develop an accurate
estimate of the cost of providing
undergraduate scholarships to National
to assure that a student's filet financial need
will be met without requiring National
Scholars to take out loans or work at non-
science related jobs can be derived Dom data
on the economic status of the 1993 SHARP
PLUS participants. The figures presented
here reflect the National Scholars Program
provision that the difference between the cost
of attendance and the expected family
contribution should be met by grants. These
estimates assume that students with incomes
below $30,000 will receive Pell Grants, and
that students at private institutions, in all but
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the highest income group will receive
institutional grants of $7,000.
Total grant expenditures will depenc]
on the proportion of students attending public
institutions and the proportion attending
private institutions. If the breakdown is 50/50
for all income groups, we can calculate the
average National Scholars grant aware! at
$S,150 in 1995-96. Assuming a six percent
inflation rate for college costs? the comparable
figure in 2005-06 would be $14,595 per
participant. If inflation were held to four
percent per year' the average grant in 2005-06
would be $12,064.
Graduate Fellowships
We propose that a fellowship award
for a National Scholars Program should total
$23,000 in 1995-96 dollars. The National
Scholars Program should determine how that
sum should be allocated between stipend, cost
of education, tuition, or other institutional
allowance. Consideration should be given to
permitting individual consortiums to propose
appropriate amounts as long as they do not
exceed $23?000. Also, it may be appropriate
to award a larger amount for tile dissertation
year fellowship, but such an increment is not
included in our estimates.
PREFRESHMAN
SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM
The total costs of implementing a
summer bridge program that includes course
work career exploration activities, field trips,
counseling, and social and cultural activities
will vary depending on faculty and staff
involvement' faculty release tine, and
institutional cost sharing. Tuition' room and
board' and travel must be factored in.
Students should not receive a stipend for
participating in the program. We will use a
figure of $2,000 for direct costs of
i~nple~nenting a summer program, exclusive
ofti~ne spent by permanent National Scholars
staffcluring the summer.
DIRECT PROGRAM COSTS
The costs of the National Scholars
Program at each consortium will vary
according to the number of students and
program activities. Minimum consortium
expenses would include release time for
faculty who direct or are assigned other
substantial responsibilities in the program and
support staff salaries. Additional professional
staiT might oversee summer research
apprenticeships and internships or provide
intensive counseling services. Offering a
NASA Visiting Scholars seminar series,
developing workshops' and employing tutors
for study groups are activities which might be
supported with program fiends. We propose
that the average National Scholars grant for
academic year consortium activities be
$200~000.
Some program activities would
presumably be funded by other partners.
Scholars engaged in summer research
programs or internships would normally be
paid through research grants, host summer
programs, or industrial employers. Travel to
scientific meetings may be Ended by
· . . . .
dlsclp 1nary socletles.
NATIONAL SCHOLARS
COORDINATING COUNCIL
A National Scholars Coordinating
Council should not be a large organization.
Basic council activities should be supported
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by three to four professional stag and clerical
assistance, although much of the program
conceptualization and management will take
place at the individual consortium sites. On
the other hand, because the council will be
responsible for a range of program activities,
including technical assistance? maintenance of
a national data base, and organization of an
annual conference, we suggest that annual
financial support for the council be on the
order of approximately $ ~ .5 million.
PHASE-IN OF CONSORTIA
The National Scholars Program would
implement an initial three consortiums that
would! serve as pilot programs. Each new
consortium would admit college freshmen'
sophomores, and juniors as National Scholars.
The graduate component of the consortium
would participate through the development of
faculty linkages? providing summer research
experiences for undergraduates and other
activities that interact among educational
levels. However, doctoral scholars would not
be appointed until the third year of a
consortium when the first cohort of
undergraduate scholars enter graduate study.
Two years after the three pilot consortiums
have been established, six new consortiums
would be established, with six additional
consortiums being implemented in each of the
following two years. For purposes of these
estimates, we assume that a total of 21
consortiums will be developed.
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