Education counseling and leadership in support of the United Nations manifesto for environmentally sound personal growth and social justice
Institute of Global Education
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NGO consultant to the United Nations Economic and Social Council
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NatureConnect
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Project NatureConnect Scholarship Program
Purpose and intent of the IGE Scholarship Program for IGE-Greenwich University.
In some minds the scholarship program makes the IGE program a low-cost degree and therefore not a first-rate program. This is not the case. The program is equal to the quality and design of programs costing $40,000 or more and the latter often do not offer NSTP education. Their students come to IGE for that training and, at extra cost, then transfer it into their programs. The purpose of the scholarship program is to make NSTP online training, education and degrees available, affordable and practical . Contemporary society sorely needs to encourage and support people who recognizes the cooperative nature of natural systems and humanity's participation in them. The scholarship program is designed to help students graduate without a high debt that forces them to take jobs that do not utilize their NSTP skills. The program includes the IGE student body learning how to implement cost effective cooperative education. Scholarships are also generated by donations in funds and kind by IGE alumni and other interested individuals. Below are the eight major components that make the scholarship program possible:
1. IGE STUDENT COOPERATIVE The IGE program is cooperatively operated by its student participants and staff. It is only open to students who have the ability to fill commitments, to be open to learning, and to cooperatively donate their skills, knowledge and energies to all aspects of the program's educational and administrative functions. This eliminates many costs that are normally incurred in a degree program as well as educates the student to be more competent in these skill areas. This contribution helps to subsidize tuitions when it is appropriate.
2. PERSONAL DONATIONS A growing number of individuals and programs recognize the critical need for education that addresses contemporary society's destructive bonding to relationships that adversely effect natural systems within and around us. These individuals make donations to the IGE program that helps to subsidize its normal operating costs and tuitions when it is appropriate.
3. SLIDING SCALE TUITIONS Portions of some student tuitions are used to supplement the tuitions of other students. This cooperative subsidizing makes the program affordable to more qualified students and thereby makes NSTP more available to help more people and natural environments. That is as much a goal of the program as is any other goal.
4. PUBLIC RELATIONS AND EDUCATION A commitment to public relations efforts within the student's sphere of influence and energies reduces advertising expenditures and provides training for the student in public relations skills. This reduces advertising expenditures and thereby helps to subsidize tuitions when it is appropriate.
5. LOW FACULTY COSTS Much of the knowledge and teaching in the program is provided by free, conscious, sensory contact with Earth and its natural systems within and around us. Facilitating this process is provided and learned as part of the degree program course work thereby making it more self-supporting. This in turn helps to subsidize tuitions.
6. FOUNDATION AND PERSONAL GRANTS The Institute of Global Education is an educational, not for profit organization, eligible for funding from foundations and individuals that helps to subsidize tuitions when it is appropriate.
7. SINGLE TUITION FEE. IGE does not assign additional fees for course transfers, prior learning evaluations, MS equivalency determinations nor various stages of thesis and dissertation evaluation. This all become part of the curriculum and helps to subsidize tuitions when it is appropriate.
8. APPLICATION: The application for scholarship funding is made via the Application to the program under the process and terms above and below (9). It pertains to all IGE degree programs although the amount of scholarship funding available varies with different programs. In the application the Candidate honsetly states the greatest amount they can afford to pay for tuition and requests scholarship funding for the remainder of the tuition.
9. SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION PROCESS AND TERMS: Once an applicant's submitted paragraph is approved for scholarship funding, that commitment is honored and approximate funds set aside to meet it. However, some students are unable to immediately continue with their application; meanwhile the funds allocated to them are not available to other candidates. This greatly influences the determination of how much funding we can make available to other candidates' scholarship applications. To prevent this situation from occuring and help the Committee meet its own and student goals if you intend to apply for a scholarship: Commencing October 1, 2002 Before or after you have submitted your scholarship paragraph we request that you complete your Degree Program Application Form: A. Read an overview article that describes the progam and its purpose. Optionally explore the article links that are of interest to you. You should also familiarize yourself with the the IGE program through our degree homepage and website. B. Call Dr. Cohen anytime and further explore your goals, the amount of scholarship funding you need and if the program and you are right for each other. 1-888-285-4694 (toll free for scholarship candidates). C. Email and postal mail the Degree program Application Form It includes a petition for the amount of funding assistance you will need based on sections 1-8 above. Note on the Scholarship Application a request for a short scholarship essay of not more than 300 words that explains why the program and scholarship is attractive to you and your intentions in learning and applying its process. The determining factor in this essay is its honesty. Its purpose is to build trust and support for your interests, intentions and situation. D. You will be notified within five days as to the amount of funding for which you are eligible. E. Once you are notified, you proceed with the Orientation Course and then other courses at your earliest convenience. You do not have to wait for the semester to officially start. You commence with coursework by beginning payment to IGE towards that portion of your total Degree Program tuition not covered by your scholarship.
F. Another $1000 payment towards that portion of your total tuition not covered by the your scholarship, is required by the time the Orientation Course is completed (5-10 weeks). This payment completes the first semester's (6 month's) tuition payments and makes you eligible to start your remaining coursework for the first semester. You may postpone some of your coursework and do it in semesters that follow if that is more convenient for you timewise. G, Remaining payments towards your remaining non-scholarship tuition is made at $1000/semester thereafter until the non-scholarship portion of the tuition is payed. NOTE: For this portion of your tuition, you may design a fair payment plan and contract to fit your budget and learning program.
SUMMARY: SCHOLARSHIP AND SEMESTER PAYMENT PLAN 1. Application Fees, Scholarship determination and 2. Completion of Orientation Course and 3. Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth semester fee's .......$1000.00/semester
ADDITIONAL FEE'S Required books for additional courses $58.00
Student Aid Program September, 2002: To address the recent decline in the economy combined with increasing interest in livelihoods that effectively deal with the core of today's problems, IGE is sponsoring a special Cooperative Certificate /Degree Program (CCP) commencing November 11, 2002. This program enables scholarhip or non-scholarship students to participate in a pay as you go and can afford plan based entirely on trust. Select Here.
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