Word: scholarship
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Under policies existing prior to yesterday's vote, when a student was put on academic or disciplinary probation, the financial aid committee automatically reviewed his scholarship shortly thereafter, and could cut it by up to $500 immediately, depending on the student's financial status. The student would receive an interest-free loan to replace the loss of the grant...
This practices came under sharp attack last spring when nine of the thirteen scholarship students on probation for thePaine Hall sit-in had their scholarships reduced. Critics charged the reduction represented an additional punishment to which non-scholarships students were not subjected...
...under the resolution which the Faculty passed by an overwhelming margin, no scholarships can be reduced during the acadmic year because of a student's academic or disciplinary status, and disciplinary action against a student will not, by itself, constitute cause for cutting his scholarship during the summer review...
...resolution may apply retroactively to the students disciplined for Paine Hall. Those scholarship cuts applied only to the second half of last year. Dr. Chase N. Peterson '52, dean of Admisions and Financial Aid. said he will take the Paine Hall cases to the Student Faculty Advisory Council, which has asked such a restoration, to see if the Council still wants it. If so, the matter will be brought to the Faculty...
Then Roberts rose to offer his amendment, arguing that the proposed resolution did not completely erase the policy of using scholarship reduction as a disciplinary tool. "We have one form of leverage here and we choose to use it on only one class of our students," he said...