Georgia Hope Scholarship Tuition Coverage Continues to Drop

When the legislature in the state of Georgia last changed the Hope Scholarship for the 2011-2012 school year, the Hope tuition coverage amount was set to 90% of the previous year’s (that would be 2010-2011) tuition rate. Along with this change, the Georgia state legislature removed the stipend for books and mandatory Hope qualified fees that were included in the award. The book fee support was set at $300/year and the mandatory Hope qualified fees which were different based on each individual college or university.

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Scholarships in Georgia

What is scholarship?  How do we define it?  Should we reward it? Why?  The jury is out on these issues and there are many opinions.  There is the question of merit versus need.  Funding is an issue as is the cost side of the seesaw.  This blog, hope scholarship dot net, attempts to provide some insight into these and other issues around georgia scholarships, specifically, the georgia hope scholarship. Continue reading