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GEORGIA TUITION GRANT PROGRAM

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Vol. III, No.1

The 1976 Georgia General Assembly has appropriated $6,400,000-for student aid to Georgia residents attending private colleges and universities in the state. For the 1976-1977 academic year, this appropriation will finance $400-a-year grants to all eligible undergraduate students. The shortage of funds overall, however, will not permit any grants for the summer term of the current 1975-1976 academic year or for the 1976-1977 summer term.

Changes

Several statutory and regulatory changes have been made in the tuition equalization grant program and become applicable with the 1976-1977 academic year

... Eligible students must now be enrolled in an approved Georgia private college or university on a full-time basis. "Full-time" student is defined as a student enrolled for a minimum of 12 academic hours. Students who are inmates of the Georgia Department of Corrections must be enrolled for at least 10 academic hours .

... The application deadline date for a grant is the designated final date of registration for a school term at an approved institution .

... Institutions may now submit certification lists of eligible students immediately after the registration process rather than wait the previously required 15 classroom days.

Revised Georgia Tuition Grant Program Regulations will be mailed to all approved Georgia private colleges and universities in the near future.

Application forms for the upcoming 1976-1977 academic year are being printed and will be available by May 1.

GEORGIA INCENTIVE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Approximately 2,000 Georgia Incentive Scholarship applications for the 1976-1977 academic year have already been received by the Georgia Higher Education Assistance Authority office. They are being processed for award notices.
The Georgia General Assembly has approved an appropriation of $1,919,700 (including federal funds) to the GIS program for the 1976-1977 academic year ... a substantial increase over the current year appropriation of $1.2 million. The increase permits extension of the program to "junior" and third-year classification students.
Earlier this year, in March, GIS application packets were distributed to financial aid officers in eligible institutions, senior guidance counselors in all Georgia high schools and to all students who received a GIS award for the 1975-1976 school year.

Please help!
The Commission staff has requested the assistance of student financial aid officers in making certain that the back page of the Georgia Incentive Scholarship application form... Part B... has been properly aligned when being typed and certified by the institution. Applications which are out of alignment are difficult to read and, consequently, deter speedy processing. Perhaps it would be possible to place the GHEAA copy on top when typing Part B.
STATE DIRECT STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM
Almost $2 million has been appropriated by the General Assembly for the program of State Direct Student Loans. The legislature allocated $1,935,000 for the approaching school year. Of the total amount appropriated, $1,500,000 is designated for health career students in certain approved fields of study. Recipients of loans who are in approved fields of study have the option of repayment by service instead of in cash plus interest.
The field of dietetics has been an approved field of study at the undergraduate level. The Commission board of directors voted in a meeting on April 15 to extend approval to graduate students in the field of dietetics. Students pursuing master's degrees in dietetics will be eligible to apply for aid for the 1976-1977 academic year.
The campus interviews of SDSL student borrowers reached approximately 69 percent of students located at schools in Georgia. Students who missed the campus segment of the interviews, along with students attending out-of-state schools, will be given the opportunity of attending regional interview sessions this summer. The dates and sites of these follow-up sessions will be announced soon.
DATES SET FOR HEALTH CAREERS SEMINARS
During the summer of 1976, two seminars on health care professions will be conducted by the State Scholarship Commission and the Medical College of Georgia. The week-long sessions will be on the MCG campus in Augusta.
The first seminar will be during the week of July 26 through July 30; the second seminar will be the following week, August 2 through August 6. These two identical sessions will provide the opportunity for 60 student advisers---30 at each seminar---to meet with health professionals and with educators to discuss the career potential in health care.
Initially designed for high school guidance counselors, the Health Careers Seminars are now open to other high school personnel involved in career exploration. Preference will be given to applicants who have not attended a previous health careers seminar.
Application
Applications to attend the seminars have been mailed to counselors and career exploration personnel throughout the state. Deadline for returning the completed forms is May 1. The 60 applicants who are selected for participation will be notified concerning final registration procedures.

To cover the cost of housing, transportation, meals and an advance registration fee, each selected participant will be paid a $200 stipend a~ the conclusion of the seminar he or she attends. Participants living within a 50-mile radius of Augusta will receive a $100 stipend.
More information concerning the seminars is available from the Commission's Division of Career Services. The telephone number is (404)939-5874.

GIS 1975-1976: AN END-OF-YEAR REPORT
Statistical information on the Georgia Incentive Scholarship program operations during the 1975-1976 academic year has been compiled. A total of 4,150 students received GIS awards during the year. Here are some of the statistics:

Family Income
$0 - 2,999 3,000 - 5,999 6,000 - 7,499 7,500 - 8,999 9,000 - 11,999 12,000 - 14,999 15,000 - 19,999 20,000 - and over
Ethnic Group
Black White Others
Sex
Female Male
Institution Type
Hospital - Nursing Private 2-Year Private 4-Year Public 2-Year Public 4-Year Vocational-Technical

Income Distribution
Ethnic Distribution Male/Female Distribution
School Distribution

Percentage of GIS Appropriation
20% 26
9 9 16 12 7 1
Percentage of GIS Appropriation
50% 49
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Percentage of GIS Appropriation
62% 38
Percentage of GIS Appropriation
3% 7 18 22 45 5

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COMMISSION ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
Judge William A. Ingram of Cartersville was elected on April 15 Chairman of the State Scholarship Commission and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Higher Education Assistance Authority and the Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation.
Judge Ingram, a former state senator and now a practicing attorney, was first appointed to the Commission when the board was created in 1965. Since that time, Ingram has served as Vice Chairman and on the Executive Committee, representing the Seventh Congressional District.
Elected to serve as Vice Chairman for the next year was L. R. Turpen of Clarkesville. Representing the state at large, Turpen has also served on the board since its beginning in 1965. A pharmacist, Turpen has worked to promote and support the Commission's aid for students in health careers.
PLACEMENT PROJECT
Activity in the Commission's placement and recruitment service for graduating health care professionals was concentrated in three areas: the completion of recruitment materials for ten additional counties, on-campus placement presentations, and the development of project evaluation procedures.
The final meeting of the project's Advisory Committee is scheduled for May 21 when the members will review evaluation procedures, final report data and recommendations to the Commission.

STUDE T AID REVIEW

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Don Pa ton, E euti e Dir etor

David Tucker, Editor

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