'22 NDM - Bonner Leader Financial Aid and Recruitment with Discussion Questions.pdf
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The document provides information on recruiting and selecting Bonner Leaders. It discusses the Bonner Leader model which involves a 4-year commitment and work/service stipend. It recommends recruiting a class of 5-20 students that are at least 75% Federal Work Study eligible and 60/40 gender balance. The selection process should involve building relationships with admissions and financial aid offices, a formal application, interviews, and notifying non-selected students of other engagement options. Marketing involves promoting the program's mission and impact through social media, websites, campus tours and clear online identity.
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'22 NDM - Bonner Leader Financial Aid and Recruitment with Discussion Questions.pdf
- 1. Recruitment & Financial Aid Who and How to Recruit Your Bonner Leaders
- 2. What We’ll Cover •Bonner Leader Model •Recruitment and Selection •Marketing
- 4. Bonner Leader Model • Four year commitment • Work/Service Stipend Expected = Federal Work Study • Some schools include service scholarship • Funding summers not required
- 5. Federal Work Study • Meet with your Financial Aid Of fi ce to fi nd out what the FWS allocation is and to negotiate how Bonners can receive slots. • Institutions are required to use 7% of their allocation at off campus community organizations/sites.
- 6. Bonner Leader Funding Survey Funding Level Schools Additional Notes Less than $2,500 2 programs 1 Liberal Arts/ 1 large public Between $2,500- $3,000 3 programs 2 Liberal Arts/ 1 large public/ Tuition varies ($11K-41K) $3,350 14 programs Most common (regardless of summer) More than $3,350 11 programs Number of students range from 8 to 93; old and new programs
- 7. Bonner Leader Funding School Funding Per Student Tuition College of Saint Benedict $3,500 (FWS) + $2,500 scholarship $39,402 Montclair State University $2,575 $11,318 University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill $2,175 $8,340 Ursinus College $4,000 (tuition discount) $50,360 Washington and Lee University $3,350 + summer award $44,507
- 9. Have you met with your Financial Aid and Admission Of fi ce? What are strategies or next steps can you take to build relationships with Financial Aid, Admission, & Development? Discussion Question:
- 11. Who to Recruit • Ethic of service and 4-year commitment • >= 5 size per class with minimum of 20 total • > 75% Federal Work Study eligible • > 60/40 gender balance • > diversity of school
- 12. Recruitment Basics • Incoming students (+ some upper-class leaders) • Build into school recruitment & admissions process as yield tool (liaison) • Engage current Bonners in process • Formal application • On-campus interviews
- 13. Admissions Collaboration • Designate 1-2 admissions counselors as liaisons • Annual presentation to all Admissions staff • Identify eligible students • Align application process • Intentional outreach • Recruitment events/calls • Synchronize timelines
- 14. • Begin where campus stands as a whole • Male, Students of Color, First Generation • Admissions has these stats • Diverse Recruiters, Engage Bonners • “Small & Wide Net” Pipelines • Appealing Language/Approaches Recruiting for Diversity
- 16. Interview Day • Face-to-face interaction • Engage Bonners and key campus contacts • Go over Program Requirements • Service partners and placements • Parent/family sessions
- 17. What does your recruitment and selection process look like? What are strategies you can implement? Discussion Question:
- 18. Recruit & Selection Steps • Update website & other recruitment material • Send application packet to eligible students • Convene Selection Committee • Conduct Interviews • Make Selection & Make Invitations • Notify those not selected with other options for engagement
- 19. Marketing
- 20. Online Identity
- 21. Clear & Visible
- 24. Marketing Tools • Social Media • Bonner Students • Website • Campus Tours/Ambassadors • Pipeline Programs • Admission’s Of fi ce • Promotional Videos
- 25. How do you market the Bonner Program on campus and in the community? What are strategies to implement? Discussion Question: