OPEN MEETING
SEPTEMBER 24, 1998
ADMISSIONS AND FINANCIAL AID COMMITTEE
Focus: Henry Wells Scholarship
changes
Givens, Brainstorms, and Questions
Givens:
¥ 1st year guaranteed experience/internship; experiential learning
¥ Guaranteed $3,000 paid experience semester/summer after 1st year
¥ Two-tiered experience; 1 with no money, 1 with money
¥ Build on our experiential component
¥ Academic criteria-based nomination process
¥ Build demand
¥ Retention goal
¥ Most internships are done at home by 1st year students
Brainstorms:
Conceptual Models
¥ First experience: LOCAL
¥ Second experience: GLOBAL
¥ Think globally act locally model
¥ Scholar Groups: NYU model, Greece, Brown U's "community
service projects"
¥ Individual experiences versus Group Experiences models for 1st
year experience
¥ Study trips for HWS in 1st year
¥ Honor Scholars (honors classes model)
¥ Related experiences: SALT, Bath, OCS, Semester abroad
¥ January and May as times to travel abroad: Offer travel at different
times of year
Logistics
¥ Restructure January to 4 weeks: 4-1-4 course schedule
¥ Expand Leadership Week to include service; is LW a component
somehow?
¥ Internship based on Liberal Arts
¥ Use of alumnae connections for internships
¥ Connect with mentors who provide experience
Faculty/Curricular Process
¥ APPC sub-committee to work with AFA
Questions:
Finances
¥ How to spend the $3,000?
¥ Menu option, other options?
Community
¥ Who participates? HWS versus the rest of the student body? What's
the logic?
¥ Community structure of Wells: does this create have's and have
nots? Aren't we trying for inclusion?
Academics
¥ How to provide an experience that relates to academics and is
substantive?
¥ Summer internship versus "summer job"
¥ How does this fit in with many students being first generation
college students?
¥ What is the academic criteria?
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