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Employees' children receive univ. benefits
by Jennifer Heine
Issue date: 10/23/07 Section: News
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Nancy Wallace, director of Human Resources, said the workshop was intended for parents of children in grades eight to 12 to provide information about their educational benefits as faculty and staff members.
"The workshop was designed to help those parents and especially those whose children would be interested in the University of Delaware process," Wallace said.
She said the first-ever workshop discussed the university's Commitment to Delawareans, which outlines the academic program students should pursue in high school to be admitted to the university.
Louis Hirsh, director of admissions, stated in an e-mail message that the workshop provided information to employees about how their children can best prepare themselves for admission to the university.
"The workshop is aimed at helping employees - especially employees who do not have college degrees - understand what sorts of courses their children should be taking in high school to prepare themselves for admission to the University of Delaware," Hirsh said.
He said full-time students who are children of university employees receive free tuition but do not have an edge on the admissions process.
Admissions counselors do not accept unqualified children of faculty and staff, but they give particular attention to them, Hirsh said.
"We will never admit a student who is not academically prepared for the University of Delaware," he said. "But when applicants have a parent who is a UD employee, we will often take special pains to counsel the students - for example, by discussing options such as enrolling first at a community college to improve their academic record."
Hirsh said 69 percent of employees' children who applied were admitted to the university's Newark campus and 22 percent were accepted to the Associates in Arts Program.
These percentages were similar to the placement of all applying students, he said.
"Overall we admit about 65 percent of the Delawareans to the Newark campus and 26 percent to the Associates in Arts Program, and we admitted 48 percent of the non-residents to the Newark campus," Hirsh said.
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