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"Only one-third of students who entered the University of Memphis with the Hope Lottery Scholarship in 2004 managed to keep it by 2006.
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<p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/2tjr5u%5B/url%5D">http://tinyurl.com/2tjr5u</a></p>
<p>^ Follow up article from the University of Memphis campus newspaper</p>
<p>From the article...</p>
<p>"It is no secret that about half of the freshmen who receive scholarships through the program will lose them within the first year, but a report recently released by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) estimated 70 percent of the first-time freshman class of fall 2004 will lose their scholarship through the fall of 2007.</p>
<p>By the time those current juniors finish their college education, that number is expected to grow to 75 percent."</p>
<p>"There's only so much institutions can do if (students) are ill-prepared to succeed," he said. "College success is more likely connected to the rigor of coursework students were exposed to in high school."</p>
<p>As of right now, the "fight" is if folks should lower the standards of the scholarship or not. </p>
<p>Fascinating. </p>
<p>I think, but I am partially kidding, that the higher the grades the more money the student should get. Maybe it should be on a sliding scale, then? But, I am partially kidding.</p>