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Your gift to Ohio independent education can be increased through the OFIC Corporate Challenge. This challenge will match all new and increased (by the increased portion only) unrestricted gifts up to $1,000 on a one-to-one basis.
How
Do We Turn The Tide?
Ways To Become Involved
Despite the current economy, the lack of available financial aid must be addressed now.
With the high level of burden on a family's income, it is imperative that we increase financial aid available to students to allow more to attend and graduate from college.
- The average cumulative student loan for undergraduates who have completed a four-year course of study is nearly $19,000 for those attending public institutions and $20,000 for those attending private institutions.*
- The number one reason students drop out of college is lack of available funds.**
We must build a bridge that brings more Ohio students from high school to college.
How You Can Help.
- Giving through OFIC is both an effective and an economical way for corporations, foundations and others to support independent higher education in Ohio. By providing this support, donors also make an investment in the future growth and development of the state.
- One gift becomes 34, as just one unrestricted gift provides assistance to all OFIC member colleges and universities and the 98,000 students they serve.
- A restricted gift may be directed by the donor to specific programs or institutions.
- Donors may choose to direct their gifts to scholarships for economically disadvantaged and academically deserving students.
- For maximum donor convenience, gifts may be made online through the OFIC website.
*Source:
The Project on Student Debt, 2006.
**Source: The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges Financial Aid Officers.
Unrestricted
Giving
Donors
who make unrestricted gifts to OFIC understand the importance of
providing operating support to our member colleges and universities.
Unrestricted gifts offer college administrators the financial flexibility
to meet the myriad needs of their institutions. Ohio's private colleges
are committed to the education of the whole individual and strive
to provide students with the optimum college experience, which extends
well beyond classroom instruction. Lessons are learned for a lifetime,
and opportunities are expanded for both faculty and students through
unrestricted giving.
Ways that unrestricted giving supports our mission:
- Student Financial
Assistance
- Independent colleges, as finances permit, help economically disadvantaged students beyond any financial assistance they may receive from other funding sources.
- Faculty
- The teaching faculty of our member colleges has a strong commitment to students and a deep concern for their success. Attracting and retaining outstanding faculty is a major endeavor for college administrators. It is their desire to provide an atmosphere where faculty can be supported, cultivated and encouraged.
- Library, Classroom
and Technology Needs
- "Libraries
work at providing both online and traditional print resources
in an environment where the cost of such resources outpaces
the average inflation rate. Online resources, coupled with
demand for such resources from off-campus (commuters, study-abroad
students, etc.), require increasingly complex and costly technology
infrastructure."
- Dave Everett, Head Librarian, Hiram College
- "Libraries
work at providing both online and traditional print resources
in an environment where the cost of such resources outpaces
the average inflation rate. Online resources, coupled with
demand for such resources from off-campus (commuters, study-abroad
students, etc.), require increasingly complex and costly technology
infrastructure."
- Community and Campus
Service Projects
- All of OFIC's member colleges and universities offer student programs for community outreach and include service projects as part of the curriculum. Some examples are: after-school tutoring in area schools; volunteering at community hospitals, nursing homes and juvenile detention facilities; assisting with scout troops; and supporting both youth and music programs at local churches.
- Facility Maintenance
- With thousands of acres of buildings to maintain across the state, and with energy/natural resource conservation of prime importance, the upkeep of our member colleges' facilities is an ongoing priority.
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