Does MET offer other financial aid programs for nontraditional students?
Judith Marley: The College has several other scholarship projects—many of which are designed to attract and support underserved or nontraditional working adults. Employer efforts for career pathing include scholarships for Boston Medical Center employees as well as a limited number of full tuition scholarships to employees of the City of Boston. We also award graduate assistantships to more than 50 students annually across our various academic departments. Graduate assistants support our administrative, teaching, and research activities. CP: What challenges do you find in the current programs? Halfond: The scholarship funds are self-funded by Boston University, so there are only a finite number of them. A second limitation is managing expectations for students, faculty, and staff to make sure that services are comprehensive and our scholars succeed. And there’s the project’s labor intensity, with a variety of stakeholders to engage in dialogue to ensure the project’s success with acade
