Annual College Survey - Lavelle Fund for the Blind

College or University

Academic Year

INTRODUCTION

To help track the progress of individual Brother James Kearney Scholars and of the Brother James Kearney Scholarship overall, we ask that you please complete the survey and submit this report each year by June 30. Thank you!

Part One

Brother James Kearney Scholars’ status in and beyond college.

1 | How many of your students benefitted from Lavelle financial aid in the last academic year? (required)*

2.a | Are any of these students on probation or suspended? (required)*

If so, please briefly explain – and indicate the date on which the probation or suspension began and whether such status continues.

2.b | Probation or Suspension Details

3 | If any Brother James Kearney Scholars are taking more than four years to complete a four-year degree program, please explain:

(a) why the extra time is needed
(b) what extra help the student needs (if any) – and what help is actually being provided
(c) how, in cases like these, your college normally goes about deciding whether to provide more than four years of scholarship aid

4 | What was the employment and/or advanced education status of former Lavelle Scholars, one year after leaving your college? (required)*

Part Two

Recruiting new Brother James Kearney Scholars

5.a | Please indicate which of the following activities your college has undertaken to recruit potential Brother James Kearney Scholars. (required)*

Providing links to a FAQ sheet on the Brother James Kearney Scholarship for the Blind in appropriate places on the college’s web site
Listing the Scholarship in the college’s print and/or online catalogue
Mentioning the Scholarship to applying students who are blind and visually impaired
Working with college counselors/case managers at state commissions for the blind
Working in other ways to promote recruitment of new Brother James Kearney Scholars. (If so, please name these additional way[s] in the space provided below.)

5.b | Other ways your college has undertaken to recruit potential Brother James Kearney Scholars.

Part Three

Obtaining all available non-Lavelle financial aid dollars before calculating Brother James Kearney Scholarship amount, on a “last-dollar-of-need” basis.

6 | Did the college’s financial aid advisors help your Brother James Kearney Scholars obtain all available non-Lavelle financial aid before calculating the “last-dollar-of-need” amount to be provided by Lavelle? (required)*

As you know, such support can include: the family’s ability to pay (without borrowing), state commission for the blind grants, other government or private scholarships, and the college’s own grant aid.

[NOTE: Please note that the Fund does not process scholarship vouchers unless they either indicate a dollar amount committed by the student’s state commission for the blind or briefly note why the commission turned down the student’s support request.]

Part Four

Providing or brokering needed support services for Brother James Kearney Scholars (e.g., brokering from the student’s state commission for the blind).

Please indicate the frequency with which you provided or brokered each of the following services for Brother James Kearney Scholars:

7.a | Reader Services*

7.b | Scribe*

7.c | Assistive technology from your office*

7.d | A room for test administration*

7.e | Advocacy / intervention with professors*

7.f | Recorded Textbooks*

7.g | Braille Textbooks*

7.h | Enlarged Print Books*

7.i | Counseling*

7.j | Other

Please name below.

8 | Did any Brother James Kearney Scholar(s) experience special problems that interfered with their ability to function at college?

If so, please briefly outline how the problem(s) were addressed.

Contact Information for Person Completing Survey

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