Mar. 22, 2012
The Garrett County commissioners received an update report on the county scholarship program from Garrett College officials on Monday afternoon. They noted its benefits and stressed the importance of maintaining both the county and privately funded Garrett College Foundation scholarship programs.
“Garrett County Scholarship recipients perform better academically than the college’s overall student population,” GC president Dr. Richard MacLennan reported. “For the fall 2011 semester, the mean grade point average for scholarship recipients was 2.86, while the mean GPA for the college’s overall student population was 2.19.”
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The Garrett County Scholarship program was initiated and approved by a previous board of county commissioners in fall 2006. Under the county-funded program, all current local high school graduates may apply for academic or occupational scholarships to attend Garrett College for two years. Eligibility requirements include being enrolled full time in a degree or trades program and maintaining at least a 2.0 grade point average.
“We hold our county scholarship recipient students to a higher standard of performance than we do our general student population or the students who receive Title IV financial aid,” MacLennan said.
Interim dean of instruction Jim Allen noted that federal financial aid students are required to maintain at least a 1.75 GPA.
“So [our] standard is higher,” Allen said.
MacLennan reported there are 169 county scholarship students enrolled this semester. Last fall there were 189 students, but 20 did not meet the GPA requirement going into the spring semester.
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