Faculty Scholarship Aid
DARTMOUTH'S Trustees have approved a new, comprehensive scholarship plan for the sons and daughters of faculty and administrative officers, extending to them annual tuition grants up to the amount of Dartmouth's tuition (now $1170) at colleges of their choice. This new plan, taking effect July 1, replaces the existing college education assistance program and in going well beyond those provisions gives the College a plan believed to be more liberal than that of any of Dartmouth's sister institutions.
The new program broadens the choice of colleges, extends the benefits to those not eligible at present, generally increases the amount of aid, and simplifies the procedures for obtaining grants. It is no longer required that sons and daughters first apply for tuition exchange or scholarship grants at other colleges, as under the old system, nor is it a condition in the cases of sons that they must apply for Dartmouth and be denied admission before they qualify for a College grant to study elsewhere.
The new plan applies to all sons and daughters of faculty and officers employed by Dartmouth on a full-time basis, excluding visiting faculty and those on temporary appointments. Grants are payable to the institutions attended, for not more than four academic years, so long as the son or daughter is enrolled in the regular undergraduate program of an institution offering a bachelor's degree in liberal arts and sciences and maintains the academic and other standards required of scholarship students there. Faculty children already enrolled in college are eligible for benefits under the new plan, and those receiving full tuition scholarships under the Tuition Exchange Program will continue on the same basis.
The new scholarship grants will be made for sons and daughters of emeritus faculty and officers, of deceased members who died in active service with the rank of Professor or Associate Professor or who had completed at least ten consecutive years in the College's employ prior to death, and of those on leave from Dartmouth for not more than one year.
The scholarship plan follows two other Trustee actions of last year whereby the College took over the full annual cost of the retirement program, amounting to 16% of each man's salary, and provided an additional $10,000 of group life insurance at no cost to staff members. In total, the "fringe benefits" for Dartmouth faculty and officers are perhaps unmatched by those at any college in the country.
