Re: UConn Hires Consulting Firm
Giving scholarships to international students is not unique to RIT and Union, and is by no means new. Many D-III schools have been doing that for years. That being said however, that is not a replacement for offering athletic scholarships. They still have to follow the same rules as they would with any other form of financial aid. If athletes are awarded any form of scholarships at an inordinately higher rate than the rest of the student population, the school would be in violation of D-III rules. Hence SUNY Geneseo's semi-recent troubles. Of course none of those regulations affect UConn in any way. They are a D-I institution and are allowed a full (full by AHA rules, at least) allotment of scholarships for their hockey team if they choose to use them. If they wanted to give them out, they wouldn't need any "back-handed" way to do so. To this point, they have just not chosen to prioritize hockey enough. So they're unlikely to divert some other financial aid avenue for the hockey players as it would be somewhat unnecessary.
Originally posted by RSTuthill
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