May be I am missing something here, but if the intent is to attract OOS students to Florida, then awarding a one year Benacquisto Scholarship to those OOS students who happen to qualify but never expected it or applied for it seems really arbitrary. I can’t see an OOS student choosing to come to a participating Florida institution with the hope of getting the Benacquisto award when they made their college choice & decisions, and for one year only? Those OOS students who are coming made the decision to come regardless so the Benacquisto didn’t sway their decision. Whereas those in FL who are NMF the year they applied factored Benacquisto into their budget planning. I don’t know, doesn’t seem they are executing according to the original intent. Either open to the OOS students for the entire 4 years, or don’t. Giving an unexpected one year bonus to those who never expected it and were going to come anyways makes no logical sense.
Anyone know when they will know what the amount of the Benacquisto scholarship is this year? Is it still waiting on the Governor’s desk?
Finally, if BF does get expanded to cover summer classes, whereas Benacquisto does not, is there anyway a Benacquisto Scholarship recepient may benefit in terms of attending summer classes?