Cincinnatus Scholarship Program
The common trends with the service hour requirement among uc students
Margaret Lee
● Introduction
● Problem
Overview ● Literature Review
of ● Research Question
Presentation ● Research Site/Capstone Placement
● Research Findings
● Recommendations
Introduction Problem
What is the Cincinnatus Scholarship Program? Why this topic?
Cincinnatus Scholarship requires COVID-19
- 30 hours of service - Requirement caused Confusion
- 3.00 GPA - Thousands of students loss their
scholarships
Contains multiple scholarships:
- UC Global Observations
- UC International Outreach - Seen individual struggles
- UC National Outreach - Barriers put up to complete the
- Over 5,000 students have one of these requirement
scholarship
Literature Review
Importance of College
The National Center for
Education Statistics found that in
2020, “Of the 3.1 million high Rising Costs
school completers who According to Education Data Affording College
graduated in the first 9 months of Initiative, “from 1963 to 2022, the Nicholas Apergis reported in
2020, some 2.0 million (or 63 cost of tuition increased 295.2% the Journal of Economic
percent) were enrolled in college after adjusting for inflation” Studies, “From 2006 to 2020,
in October 2020” (2022). (2023). student loan debt grew by
232%, while the Consumer
Price Index increased by only
21.1%” (2022).
Research Question
What are the common trends during the academic
year around the service hour aspect of the
Cincinnatus scholarship?
Sub Research Question
What elements of the Cincinnatus Scholarship
Service Hour do students need clarification on?
Research Site/Capstone
Placement
University of Cincinnati Financial Department
Scholarship Department
Cincinnatus Program
Cincinnatus Scholarship Student Worker
Cincinnatus Scholarship Common
Trends
From the emails received and analyzed, the following top 9 topics
were identified and the frequency they appeared…
Research 1. Qualify for Hours- 71 times
Findings 2. Co-op hours- 30 times
3. Reporting Hours- 17 times
4. Need vs. Individual Hours- 9 times
5. Rejected Hours- 9 times
6. 15 per semester vs. 30 total- 9 times
7. Hour Check- 9 times
8. Location of volunteering- 6 times
9. Graduation- 4 times
Common Trends
December
1. Qualify for Hours
2. Co-op Hours
3. Reporting Hours
October 4. Graduation February
1. Qualify for Hours 5. Hour Check 1. Qualify for Hours
2. Need vs. Individual Hours 6. Rejected Hours 2. Co-op Hours
7. Location of volunteering
3. Reporting Hours 3. Reporting Hours
January March
1. Qualify for Hours 1. Qualify for Hours
November 2. Reporting Hours 2. Co-op Hours
1. Qualify for Hours 3. Co-op Hours 3. Need vs. Individual Hours
2. Co-op Hours
3. 15 per semester vs. 30 total
4. Rejected Hours
5. Reporting Hours
Lack of Accessible Volunteer Opportunities
Public vs Private Needs Accessibility of Public Need Average Volunteer Hour
785 Public Needs .7% 548 shift limits ~2.8 hours were reported with a
339 Private Needs .3% ~28,907 shifts need
~2,235 shifts were on campus or
1121 Needs Total transportation was provided 6,258 hours (2235 * 2.8 hrs.)
were accessible to students
Needs vs Individual Hours 74,681.6 hours are a car ride
away
16,930 needs 48%
- 47,174.89 hours
17,834 individual hours 51%
- 67,203.72 hours Data was pulled Volunteer Hours Reports and Agency Need Reports from
August 14th, 2022, to April 5th, 2023, accessed on volunteer.uc.edu
Completion of Service Hours
2143 students < 15 hours
2351 students ≤ 15 hours
4071 students ≤ 29.9 hours
904 students ≥ 30 hours
Completed their hour requirement
Recommendations
Solicit Specific Feedback Long Term Trends Identify sub topics
End of the year Survey Trends from two years to get a further
- Elements of the scholarship and the long term trends about what is working Look at the specific topics in
and what is not and Investigating other
level they understand the emails and answered to
trends
- Where they go for questions gather actionable training
- Barriers facing students completing For example new users added to volunteer.uc.edu: material
hours
August: 309 September: 784, October: 866
November: 454 December: 168
January: 873, February: 542 March: 387
Conclusion
Thank you!
