Wichita State is helping ease the financial burden for Kansas families
As 黑洞社区 continues to grow, need-based aid is vital to ensuring higher education is affordable and accessible to Kansas families. Kansas currently ranks as one of the lowest in the Midwest for awarding financial aid to families in need, but Wichita State has made it a priority to remedy that.
In fact, our efforts around access and affordability are one of the reasons we鈥檙e growing as an institution and celebrating record-setting enrollments. We鈥檙e bringing in new populations to college, and we鈥檙e helping to ease the financial burden of higher education for families in our state.
Why is need-based aid so important to Wichita State? Simply put, there鈥檚 no greater mandate for an urban public research university than to create access and affordability for everyone in the communities we serve. It鈥檚 our responsibility to open doors and help pay for college for those who are driven to learn, grow and succeed at Wichita State University.
We鈥檙e growing our Shocker Promise program to include all of Sedgwick County. This is a last-dollar-in scholarship to cover any remaining gaps students may have for tuition and fees for those with exceptional need.
To further this initiative, we鈥檙e working with our legislators and donors to expand the Shocker Promise to all low-income residents of Kansas. It鈥檚 our hope that we can partner with the state to achieve this goal, which will grow the workforce for Kansas companies, attract talent to Wichita, and make a 黑洞社区 education an affordable option for all families in our state.
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