The National Scholars Program Excellence with Diversity for the Future - Program Design (1996) / Chapter Skim
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8 PROGRAM COSTS
8 PROGRAM COSTS
Pages 75-82
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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.
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Estimated Student Subsidies A rough estimate of grant aid required to assure that a student's filll financial need will be met without requiring National Scholars to take out loans or work at nonscience related jobs can be derived from data on the economic status of the 1993 SHARP PLUS participants. Based on the federal methodology for calculating student aid eligibility, the approximate expected family contribution to educational costs associated with each income bracket is reported in Table I
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In 1991, the MARC program awarded freshmen and sophomore students a $4,700 stipend, plus tuition and fees, while juniors and seniors received a $6,700 stipend, plus tuition and fees. In 1994, the NASA Undergraduate Student Researchers Program provided $8,000 per student for tuition, fees, and room and board, plus $4,000 to be used for a summer stipend for the student, travel, and/or mentorship.
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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 time, and institutional cost sharing. Tuition, room and board, and travel must be factored in.
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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.
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Costs estimates for the National Scholars Coordinating Council reflect an increasing level of responsibility beginning with planning activities and conferences, developing program guidelines, awarding planning grants, and selecting pilot program consortiums. As more consortiums become established, the council would assume a larger role in facilitating interactions among them, in recruiting national partnerships, and in monitoring and evaluation activities.
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