I want to start a scholarship fund for failing students in college. Is that a bad idea?
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If the scholarship were set up for students to get a second chance after being out of school for a while then it may be a nice idea. I wouldn't do it for students that are currently failing for three reasons (1) They are not in financial need if they are currently able to pay for college, unless of course they will lose their parents funding, scholarship funding, or financial aid. All of those things being consequences of failing and being necessary if they are to learn from their mistakes the first time through. (2) The school may kick out a failing student, therefor your effort would be in vain which goes along with point (3) How are you going to be able to differentiate the students that really will do better the second time around. How do you insure that the students that are most likely to benefit from your generosity are the students that receive it?
A good idea
but you need to find out why these students failed/dropped out first.
if they're lazy no!! you should really check why they failed...if it was because of work then yesss!!!!
Maybe if they have a special talent that can be enhanced if they went to school for free. For example, an artist may not do well in school, yet is a genius
Its a bad idea
Good Luck!
There are millions of scholarships online you just have to find them. For example my son who is left handed received a scholarship for being left handed. Crazy huh? Corporations want to give away money to make them look good, but more importantly it helps our kids (and us directly). My youngest son, a senior in high school, received a scholarship (only $350 though, better than nothing) from filling out this online survey http://www.freecollegescholarships.net/f... . Good luck.
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