hybrid awards rewards & challenges

Student Financial Assistance & Awards

Hybrid Awards Rewards & Challenges

Presented by Rella NgUniversity of British Columbia


Agenda

Definition - What is a Hybrid Award?Why do we create them?UBC examplesWhat are the rewards?What are the challenges?


Definition

A Hybrid Award is any award that is not solely based upon need or merit, but rather a combination for example extra curricular activities,

community/school involvement, leadership, financial need, etc.


Why do we create Hybrid Awards?

Entices outstanding, well-rounded students recognize other strengths new definition of outstanding

New & creative way of offering awards to deserving students Not just to the top academics



Changes the mix of students on campus focus on leadership and involvement

Encourages contribution to the community



Donors wishing to contribute to new awards and recognizing students who traditionally would not have won an academic scholarship allows UBC to offer scholarships to a

greater number of students scholarships not all going to the same

students


Type of Hybrid Awards at UBC

Major Entrance Scholarship (MES) Focus is on domestic students who

excel across the board and have demonstrated academic and leadership achievements in the arts, community, athletics, and school



International Leader of Tomorrow (ILOT) Provides an opportunity for top

international students, who show outstanding academics and leadership, to study at UBC when they would otherwise financially be unable to



Bursaries some bursaries have a community or

merit componentRecommended Awards

recommended scholarships from faculty

demonstrating academics and financial need



Community Builder Scholarship identifies a core group of local

students, recognized for positive change in their secondary school to join the UBC Okanagan community in building a campus life that is unparalleled in the country


Rewards of a Hybrid Awards

Flexible process Opens up selection criteria and not

just awarding to students who succeed academically

Can select leaders based on their experiences and references



Can shape school community to match vision and encourage certain experience, etc. ie: people who will contribute to the

community and apply what they learn promotes certain values

Attractive to donors who want something different to donate to



Excellent recruitment tool for enticing solid academic students who demonstrate other qualities Recruits the outstanding and well-

rounded student International students bring diverse

experiences and add to the mix of students on campus


Challenges

pressure on high school students difference between quantity and quality

needs to be emphasized ie: doing something because it is

helpful and interesting vs. doing it to get a scholarship

working with high school counsellors and students to promote this


Challenges

Commitment from Faculty members some awards are adjudicated by

committees (MES, ILOT) reading of applications is time

consuming, difficult to recruit faculty and staff to commit to being on adjudication committees


Challenges

Adjudicating criteria other than merit leadership, community involvement,

extracurricular, financial need, etc.


Major Entrance Scholarship

nomination from high schoolscommittee members are to select

students who excel across the board and have demonstrated academic and leadership achievements in the arts, community, athletics, and school


Major Entrance Scholarship

how does one adjudicate leadership achievements? defining leadership not just ‘top’ student, but can lead

academically not necessarily class president

outstanding at something and using it to benefit others


International Leader of Tomorrow

nomination from schools committee members are to select

students who show outstanding academics and leadership, and demonstrate financial need

students must submit financial records showing financial need of >$14,000

guarantee funding for 4 years


International Leader of Tomorrow

budget costs each year 15 to 16 students are

selected average award $25,000 is it sustainable?

renewal criteria: require students to continue to show the involvement


Bursary and Recommended Awards

some bursaries are recommended by faculties difficult for faculty to recommend students who

have financial need not consistent with how SFAA determines

financial need financial need information at UBC is

confidential some bursaries have community or

merit component


Community Builder Scholarship

Students are being asked to help us develop leadership opportunities in our new campus

high schools sends in nomination1 per high school in Okanagan

communityeach high school may have its own

selection criteria


With so many challenges to Hybrid Awards, is it still worthwhile to create

Hybrid Awards?

YES


Why continue to create Hybrid Awards?

UBC’s visioning document: Trek 2010 “to attract and retain the best and brightest

students from every corner of the international community”

outstanding academic and leadership awards programs help the university achieve this goal

promote citizenship in the world and community

ensure funding is spread out


Why continue to create Hybrid Awards?

Rhodes Scholar in the past 3 years, 2 out of 3 BC Rhodes

Scholar were from UBC

Millennium In-course Awards UBC is allowed to send 28 nominations in

the previous years, and all 28 nominations were awarded Millennium In-course Awards


Discussion

Is there a better way of doing it?

Can this process be adjudicated on-line?


Discussion

Millennium In-course Award Electronic portfolio UBC one of 3 institutions participating in an

online application pilot project students submit their grades as an html

attachment reference letters are submitted electronically

references sent an email with URL to upload reference letter


Difficulties with online application

teachers and counsellors’ willingness to do things electronically current process – email MES application to

high school counsellors and there is resistance and prefer application to be mailed to them


How is it done at your institution?


Thank you!!!

Rella NgEmail: [email protected]: 604.822.9343

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