PHILADELPHIA (AP) – February 3, 2014 (WPVI) — Temple University hopes to help students graduate on time by offering grants to low-income students who agree to limit their outside work hours.
The $4,000-a-year grants, announced Monday, will be available for incoming students who agree not to work more than 10 hours a week in off-campus jobs. Temple officials hope that students with more time for school will graduate in four years and enter the workforce sooner.
“Temple students must not keep their futures waiting,” school President Neil D. Theobald said in a statement.
Up to 500 incoming students, or 7 percent of the class, will be eligible for the “Fly in 4” grants, school officials said. They will cover more than one-fourth of the approximately $14,000 cost of in-state tuition and fees each year. The program, for low-income and working-class students, is also designed to reduce student debt after graduation.
Good idea
Well, it’s a start. $14 K per year tuition etc is ludicrous.