| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 61.90 |
| Liaison | Megan Butler |
| Submission Date | July 19, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Macalester College
PAE-10: Affordability and Access Programs
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.00 / 3.00 |
Brian
Lindeman Director Financial Aid |
Does the institution have policies and programs in place to make it accessible and affordable to low-income students?:
A brief description of the institution’s participation in federal TRIO programs:
A brief description of the institution’s policies and programs to minimize the cost of attendance for low-income students?:
Macalester College offers a financial aid package that meets 100% of the demonstrated financial need of students, a package that includes loans as well work study.
A brief description of the institution’s programs to equip the institution's faculty and staff to better serve students from low-income backgrounds:
The recent addition of the Working Class Identity collective has created an affirmative space for those who come from low-income space, and in the same stroke, created a platform from which such an identity can interact directly with the administration. Furthermore, since the Identity Collectives are initially chaired by the Department of multicultural Life, DML has since been able to direct programming to serve these students' needs.
A brief description of the institution’s programs to prepare students from low-income backgrounds for higher education:
The Emerging Scholars Program (ESP) is a program, created in collaboration with the Macalester Academic Excellence (MAX) Center, designed to increase the number of historically underrepresented students at Macalester who are selected to participate in and receive opportunities for study abroad/away, internships, fellowships, and scholarships, and to increase their application and admittance to graduate and professional schools.
A brief description of the institution's scholarships for low-income students:
Macalester College offers a financial aid package that meets 100% of the demonstrated financial need of students, a package that includes loans as well work study. The average financial aid package contains over 80% grants/scholarships. The percentage composed of grants and scholarships is typically higher for low-income students.
A brief description of the institution’s programs to guide parents of low-income students through the higher education experience:
A brief description of the institution’s targeted outreach to recruit students from low-income backgrounds:
A brief description of the institution’s other admissions policies and programs:
A brief description of the institution’s other financial aid polices or programs:
A brief description of the institution’s other policies and programs not covered above:
Bonner scholars: This is a program that helps first generation students after they have been accepted to Macalester. There are programs available for students get into college such as Admission possible program which help high school students with their standardized tests for example. But, there are few programs that support those first generation college students or students with special assistance to continue get support while at College. The Bonner scholars program is one of the few programs that support students while at College. This program helps students at Macalester meet with professors and ask tough questions which they would otherwise not ask on their own.
The website URL where information about programs in each of the areas listed above is available:
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