In 2006, President of Champlain College, David F. Finney, noted the large refugee population in and around Burlington, one of about two dozen officially designated resettlement areas in and established a full tuition scholarship for refugees. It is supposedly the only one of its kind in the country. The college's description of the scholarship:
The New American Scholarship is a need-based scholarship for Vermont’s refugee and asylum students. Recipients must be full-time undergraduate students and eligible for a Federal Pell Grant. This scholarship is for tuition only, and the amount varies depending on the students expected family contribution and other need-based grants and scholarships the student is eligible to receive.
In its first year in 2006, the New American Student Scholarship program helped 13 students. Now, about 16 students—from Vietnam, Bosnia and Sudan, among other places—receive a range of scholarships based on need.
Why are other colleges not following suit?
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