Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.18
Liaison Josh Nease
Submission Date May 21, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Radford University
PA-7: Affordability and Access

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.37 / 4.00 Josh Nease
Sustainability Manager
Academic Programs
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Does the institution have policies and programs to make it accessible and affordable to low-income students?:
Yes

A brief description of any policies and programs to minimize the cost of attendance for low-income students:

Each year, Radford University awards almost $2M in grant funding to several hundred low income students. These resources support Pell-eligible students and students who fall just outside of Pell eligibility.


A brief description of any programs to equip the institution’s faculty and staff to better serve students from low-income backgrounds:
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A brief description of the institution’s programs to guide and prepare students and families from low-income backgrounds for higher education:
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A brief description of the institution's scholarships for low-income students:
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A brief description of the institution’s targeted outreach to recruit students from low-income backgrounds:
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A brief description of the institution’s other policies or programs to make the institution accessible and affordable to low-income students:
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Does the institution have policies and programs to support non-traditional students?:
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s scholarships provided specifically for part-time students:
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A brief description of the institution’s on-site child care facility, partnership with a local facility, and/or subsidies or financial support to help meet the child care needs of students:
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A brief description of the institution’s other policies and programs to support non-traditional students:

The newest program at Radford University, designed to serve nontraditional students (adult learners) is the IMPACT program. It delivers online, self-paced, competency-based education (CBE) in high-demand workforce areas throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia and several neighboring states. We are currently focused on three main workforce development areas: cybersecurity, geospatial intelligence and education.

The Appalachian Support for Specialized Education Training (ASSET) program includes the development, implementation and evaluation of online, self-paced, competency-based education (CBE) training designed to increase teacher effectiveness and workforce capacity in underserved rural communities in Appalachia.


Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (tracking accessibility and affordability)? (If data is not available, select 'No'):
Yes

The percentage of entering students that are low-income (0-100):
37

The graduation/success rate for low-income students (0-100):
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On average, the percentage of need that was met for students who were awarded any need-based aid (e.g. as reported to the U.S. Common Data Set initiative, item H2) (0-100):
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The percentage of students graduating with no interest-bearing student loan debt or for whom no out-of-pocket tuition is required (i.e. the percentage of graduates who have not taken out interest-bearing loans) (0-100):
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Estimated percentage of students that participate in or directly benefit from the institution’s policies and programs to support low-income and non-traditional students (0-100):
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

For 2017-18, 3,138 total undergraduates received Pell Grants; 3,134 represents 37% of total undergraduate enrollment of 8,418. 760 new freshmen received a Pell Grant. This represents 40.7% of 1,848 total fall 2017 new freshmen. 345 were new transfer students which is 52% of of 662 total new transfers.


For 2017-18, 3,138 total undergraduates received Pell Grants; 3,134 represents 37% of total undergraduate enrollment of 8,418. 760 new freshmen received a Pell Grant. This represents 40.7% of 1,848 total fall 2017 new freshmen. 345 were new transfer students which is 52% of of 662 total new transfers.

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