Scholarship Initiative seeks $100 million for endowed and annual awards
TCU’s future rests upon a $100 million Scholarship Initiative to attract the most talented and deserving students. Scholarships and other financial aid are so critical that they are the top priority in The Campaign for TCU.
“For TCU to attract the very best students from high schools around the country and around the world,” says Trustee Ron Parker ’76. “We have to have scholarship dollars so that we can compete with the best of the best.”
Mr. Parker is co-chairing the Scholarship Initiative with his wife, Paula Rhodes Parker ’77. The Trustees have set the bar high:
$75 million for endowed scholarships, along with $25 million for annual expendable scholarships, by
May 31, 2012.
The Scholarship Initiative will underwrite new academic and performance scholarships offered to top students regardless of their families’ financial situation. The other major emphasis of the Scholarship Initiative is to raise funds to assist students with financial need.
Seventy-five percent of all TCU students already receive some kind of financial aid. Add to this all family contributions and loans. The unmet financial need still totals about
$15 million this year.
