Structuring State Scholarship Programs
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The Washington Center works with governors, state legislators, state agency officials and universities to launch State Relations Initiatives. These initiatives solidify a partnership between TWC and a state for the benefit of a state’s university and college students.
Under this type of initiative:
- One hundred percent of the funding will go directly to students as academic scholarships.
- States will establish a structure of the partnership including school eligibility, scholarship amounts, and residency requirements.
- States can limit scholarships to public institutions only or provide scholarship to both public and private institutions.
- States can set one scholarship amount for all students or provide differing levels for public and private institutions. Individual scholarships tend to range from $3,000 to $6,000 per student.
- States can impose a residency requirement for scholarship eligibility or maintain open eligibility for all students attending its universities and colleges.
- Over the last 15 years, 23 states have funded scholarships for university and college students, many from economically disadvantaged and diverse backgrounds.
