LibraryC1 High-value operations1b Application and admissions
LTI-OPS-014
Offer institutional merit scholarships targeting community college GPAs
Two-year to four-yearappliesFour-year to two-yearwith adaptationFour-year to four-yearwith adaptation
Mechanism
A share of institutional merit aid is reserved for high-achieving transfers, which gives students a reason to keep their grades up before they move. It also pulls in strong students who would otherwise go elsewhere.
Preconditions
Board approval for a scholarship fund carved out of the operating or foundation budget.
Owner, by role
Director of Financial Aid
Who can act
One institution alone
Effort
Small, 3 months to first visible effect
Outcome metric
Retention and GPA of transfer scholarship holders against native peers
Failure modes
Complex, non-automatic application processes can lead to under-utilization of allocated scholarship funds.
Contra-indications
None stated
Related practices
- LTI-OPS-015 Pledge public financial aid to eliminate tuition sticker shock