Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 49.94
Liaison Jane Stewart
Submission Date March 3, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Washington and Lee University
PA-7: Affordability and Access

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.92 / 4.00 Elizabeth Knapp
Associate Provost
Provost
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Part 1 

Support for Low-Income Students

Does the institution have policies and programs to make it accessible and affordable to low-income students?:
Yes

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A brief description of any policies and programs to minimize the cost of attendance for low-income students:
The W&L Promise...look on Financial Aid website 1) We are a partner institution with QuestBridge (http://www.questbridge.org/). Through this partnership, we recruit, enroll and fund high-achieving low-income students. 2) We waive application fees for any student who indicates that paying said fees constitutes a financial hardship. We also accept third party fee waivers, including those administered through the College Board SAT Fee Waiver Program (http://www.collegeboard.com/student/apply/the-application/922.html) and Expanding College Opportunities (ECO - http://www.expandingcollegeopps.org/eco/about). 3) We partner with the Center for Student Opportunity (CSO - http://csopportunity.org/). Through this partnership, we are able to identify and reach out to low income students (among other under-served populations), and our students are eligible for the CSO scholarship. A current first-year student, Ms. Shaun Devlin (http://csopportunityscholars.org/shaun-devlin/), received this 4-year scholarship from CSO last year. 4) W&L uses only grants and work study (no loans) to meet the demonstrated need of admitted students.

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A brief description of any programs to equip the institution’s faculty and staff to better serve students from low-income backgrounds:
N/A

A brief description of the institution’s programs to guide and prepare students and families from low-income backgrounds for higher education:
1) W&L assigns specially selected and trained academic advisors to all low income and QuestBridge students in each entering class, as well as matches them with a special upperclassman mentors to assist with adjustment and access issues.

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A brief description of the institution's scholarships for low-income students:
1) The Johnson Scholarship program is available to any student who wishes to apply regardless of whether or not they have demonstrated need. However, by its nature, it enables many students who would not otherwise be able to attend W & L for financial reasons the ability to attend regardless of their ability to pay. (http://www.wlu.edu/x33307.xml) 2) We partner with the Center for Student Opportunity (CSO - http://csopportunity.org/). Through this partnership, we are able to identify and reach out to low income students (among other under-served populations), and our students are eligible for the CSO scholarship.

A brief description of the institution’s targeted outreach to recruit students from low-income backgrounds:
1) We are a partner institution with QuestBridge (http://www.questbridge.org/). Through this partnership, we recruit, enroll and fund high-achieving low-income students. 2) We partner with the Center for Student Opportunity (CSO - http://csopportunity.org/). Through this partnership, we are able to identify and reach out to low income students (among other under-served populations), and our students are eligible for the CSO scholarship.

A brief description of the institution’s other policies or programs to make the institution accessible and affordable to low-income students:
N/A

Support for Non-Traditional Students 

Does the institution have policies and programs to support non-traditional students?:
No

A brief description of the institution’s scholarships provided specifically for part-time students:
No part-time students at W&L

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:
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Part 2 

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):
42

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):
100

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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Optional Fields 

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:
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