Georgia gets the dubious distinction of coming in second place…second place in the country for net tuition and fee increases in the 5 year period from 2008-2013. Although many city, county, and state government spending held to near flat in the same period, Georgia’s net tuition revenue per student nearly … Continue reading
Georgia Tech has published payment award amounts for the Hope Scholarship and Zell Miller Scholarship. Here they are: 2014-2015 HOPE Scholarship Award Hourly Rate Number of Hours Regular – Non Guaranteed Tuition Payment 1 $226.00 2 $452.00 3 $678.00 4 $904.00 5 $1,130.00 6 $1,356.00 7 $1,582.00 8 $1,808.00 9 … Continue reading
The University of Georgia has posted hope scholarship award amounts for the 2014-2015 school year. As a reminder, the University of Georgia implemented a Plus/Minus grading system in the summer of 2006; however, for the purpose of calculating the cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) for HOPE Scholarship eligibility, regulations recognize only letter … Continue reading
Georgia’s Strategic Industries Workforce Development Grant Award Good news for Hope Grant recipients! Although the Hope Grant does not supply funds for books or supplies, there is an award available to Hope Grant recipients that does. Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) students who are receiving the HOPE Grant may … Continue reading
In looking up information concerning the Georgia hope scholarship legislation, I found it quite difficult to find the actual legislation documents describing the law behind the program. In order to help others, I am posting the key legislation in a series of posts. This is the third of three posts.