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Hybrid Awards Rewards & Challenges

Hybrid Awards Rewards & Challenges. Presented by Rella Ng University of British Columbia. Agenda. Definition - What is a Hybrid Award? Why do we create them? UBC examples What are the rewards? What are the challenges?. Definition.

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Hybrid Awards Rewards & Challenges

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  1. Hybrid Awards Rewards & Challenges Presented by Rella Ng University of British Columbia

  2. Agenda • Definition - What is a Hybrid Award? • Why do we create them? • UBC examples • What are the rewards? • What are the challenges?

  3. Definition • A Hybrid Award is any award that is not solely based upon need or merit, but rather a combination • for example extra curricular activities, community/school involvement, leadership, financial need, etc.

  4. Why do we create Hybrid Awards? • Entices outstanding, well-rounded students • recognize other strengths • new definition of outstanding • New & creative way of offering awards to deserving students • Not just to the top academics

  5. Why do we create Hybrid Awards? • Changes the mix of students on campus • focus on leadership and involvement • Encourages contribution to the community

  6. Why do we create Hybrid Awards? • Donors wishing to contribute to new awards and recognizing students who traditionally would not have won an academic scholarship • allows UBC to offer scholarships to a greater number of students • scholarships not all going to the same students

  7. Type of Hybrid Awards at UBC • Major Entrance Scholarship (MES) • Focus is on domestic students who excel across the board and have demonstrated academic and leadership achievements in the arts, community, athletics, and school

  8. Type of Hybrid Awards at UBC • International Leader of Tomorrow (ILOT) • Provides an opportunity for top international students, who show outstanding academics and leadership, to study at UBC when they would otherwise financially be unable to

  9. Type of Hybrid Awards at UBC • Bursaries • some bursaries have a community or merit component • Recommended Awards • recommended scholarships from faculty • demonstrating academics and financial need

  10. Type of Hybrid Awards at UBC • Community Builder Scholarship • identifies a core group of local students, recognized for positive change in their secondary school to join the UBC Okanagan community in building a campus life that is unparalleled in the country

  11. Rewards of a Hybrid Awards • Flexible process • Opens up selection criteria and not just awarding to students who succeed academically • Can select leaders based on their experiences and references

  12. Rewards of a Hybrid Awards • Can shape school community to match vision and encourage certain experience, etc. • ie: people who will contribute to the community and apply what they learn • promotes certain values • Attractive to donors who want something different to donate to

  13. Rewards of a Hybrid Awards • Excellent recruitment tool for enticing solid academic students who demonstrate other qualities • Recruits the outstanding and well-rounded student • International students bring diverse experiences and add to the mix of students on campus

  14. Challenges • pressure on high school students • difference between quantity and quality needs to be emphasized • ie: doing something because it is helpful and interesting vs. doing it to get a scholarship • working with high school counsellors and students to promote this

  15. Challenges • Commitment from Faculty members • some awards are adjudicated by committees (MES, ILOT) • reading of applications is time consuming, difficult to recruit faculty and staff to commit to being on adjudication committees

  16. Challenges Adjudicating criteria other than merit • leadership, community involvement, extracurricular, financial need, etc.

  17. Major Entrance Scholarship • nomination from high schools • committee members are to select students who excel across the board and have demonstrated academic and leadership achievements in the arts, community, athletics, and school

  18. Major Entrance Scholarship • how does one adjudicate leadership achievements? • defining leadership • not just ‘top’ student, but can lead academically • not necessarily class president • outstanding at something and using it to benefit others

  19. International Leader of Tomorrow • nomination from schools • committee members are to select students who show outstanding academics and leadership, and demonstrate financial need • students must submit financial records showing financial need of >$14,000 • guarantee funding for 4 years

  20. International Leader of Tomorrow • budget costs • each year 15 to 16 students are selected • average award $25,000 • is it sustainable? • renewal criteria: require students to continue to show the involvement

  21. Bursary and Recommended Awards • some bursaries are recommended by faculties • difficult for faculty to recommend students who have financial need • not consistent with how SFAA determines financial need • financial need information at UBC is confidential • some bursaries have community or merit component

  22. Community Builder Scholarship • Students are being asked to help us develop leadership opportunities in our new campus • high schools sends in nomination • 1 per high school in Okanagan community • each high school may have its own selection criteria

  23. With so many challenges to Hybrid Awards, is it still worthwhile to create Hybrid Awards? YES

  24. Why continue to create Hybrid Awards? • UBC’s visioning document: Trek 2010 • “to attract and retain the best and brightest students from every corner of the international community” • outstanding academic and leadership awards programs help the university achieve this goal • promote citizenship in the world and community • ensure funding is spread out

  25. Why continue to create Hybrid Awards? • Rhodes Scholar • in the past 3 years, 2 out of 3 BC Rhodes Scholar were from UBC • Millennium In-course Awards • UBC is allowed to send 28 nominations in the previous years, and all 28 nominations were awarded Millennium In-course Awards

  26. Discussion • Is there a better way of doing it? • Can this process be adjudicated on-line?

  27. Discussion • Millennium In-course Award • Electronic portfolio • UBC one of 3 institutions participating in an online application pilot project • students submit their grades as an html attachment • reference letters are submitted electronically • references sent an email with URL to upload reference letter

  28. Difficulties with online application • teachers and counsellors’ willingness to do things electronically • current process – email MES application to high school counsellors and there is resistance and prefer application to be mailed to them

  29. How is it done at your institution?

  30. Thank you!!! Rella Ng Email: rella.ng@ubc.ca Phone: 604.822.9343

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