Community Corner
Q&A: Mason Talks Board of Regents, Campus Renovations: Daily Iowan Reader, April 12
Also inside: Ex-Iowa coach Alford issues apology, UI sees drop in parent drinking letters, UI intramurals lack females.
Daily Iowan: UI officials introduced the summer tuition scholarship program last month. Some students have expressed concerns about the limitations of the program. What is the overall goal of the program?
President Mason: The goal of the program is to make summer school both affordable, and an option for more students. We would certainly like to have more students stay and take summer school classes if they can. Also, more importantly on the student success initiative is to keep students on track for graduation. That's probably the most important goal and why we are trying to do this. We know that occasionally a summer school course can make the difference between graduating in four years versus having to take another semester, or even another year. If that’s the case, we want to make sure summer school is a viable option for as many students as possible. It’s that simple.
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