Allocating scholarships for Army ROTC / Charles A. Goldman and Michael G. Mattock ; with Joann Davis ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldman, Charles A., 1964-

Contributor:

Mattock, Michael G., 1961-

Arroyo Center.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps.

United States.

College students--Scholarships, fellowships, etc--United States.

College students.

Military art and science--United States--scholarships, fellowships, etc.

Military art and science.

Military art and science--Scholarships, fellowships, etc--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 62 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the face of rising tuition costs and the increased importance of scholarships to meeting its commission mission, the Army designed a new scholarship program, known as the tiered scholarship program because it offered four different scholarship values (called tiers). Under the new program, enrollments at public colleges increased modestly and the Army controlled the total scholarship cost. But as feared, many fewer of the nation's most academically able students enrolled in ROTC, and the programs at the nation's most prestigious private colleges and universities were facing the prospect of closure. Based on these findings, the authors recommended and the Army implemented a high-value scholarship targeted to some prestigious private colleges. The study also analyzes several complete scholarship programs to replace the tiered scholarships. The analysis supports plans that continue to offer high-value scholarships at some prestigious private schools, while offering lower values at other schools. Although it would entail some significant tradeoffs, the authors have also presented a plan that would offer greater values to in-state students at public schools--a large potential market, especially if tuition increases in the private schools do not abate in the decade ahead. These offers would require congressional approval because the law currently prohibits the use of scholarships for room and board, which constitute the largest portion of these in-state students' expenses to attend college.

Contents:

Ch. 1. Introduction

Ch. 2. ROTC and Changes in College Financial Aid

Ch. 3. Lessons from Past Scholarship Programs

Ch. 4. Cost of Attracting Students

Ch. 5. Scholarship Plans for the Future

Ch. 6. Conclusions

App. A. Modeling the Acceptance Rate of Four-Year ROTC Scholarships

App. B. Computing Officer Retention

App. C. Tier IA Scholarship Analysis and Implementation

App. D. Interview Protocols.

Notes:

"MR-1069-A."

Includes bibliographical references (p. ).

ISBN:

0-585-24549-5