BU will split $23 million in federal pandemic aid 50/50 with needy students
More than 9,000 students will receive a “technology subsidy” of $500, $1,000, or $1,400
Eligible students will be notified by email next week
Boston University will distribute half of a $23 million federal coronavirus aid package to needy students, providing them with $11.5 million in assistance, $4 million more than required by the government.
Beginning next week, more than 9,000 students in need will receive a direct “technology subsidy” of $500, $1,000, or $1,400 to defray the costs of remote learning under the University’s Learn
from Anywhere hybrid teaching and learning model.
The $23 million is BU’s share of the $23 billion in the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund included in the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act passed by Congress in December 2020.
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As many as 30 low-income high-achieving students will matriculate at BU in fall 2022 on full scholarships, with no loans or parent contributions thanks to a new partnership between the University and a nonprofit promoting college access.
California-based QuestBridge matches member universities and colleges with high school students, most of them the first in their family to attend college, says Kelly Walter (Wheelock’81), BU’s associate vice president for enrollment and dean of admissions. BU becomes the 45th institution to partner with Questbridge, and the partnership caps two years of work on the collaboration, Walter says.
Money for the scholarships will be provided by BU, which spent $290 million on financial aid in the 2020 fiscal year. QuestBridge recruits applicants and culls the number down to finalists (nearly 7,000 this year), who are asked to name the member institutions they’d like to attend. QuestBridge then forwards their applications