HOPE Scholarships

You can use the HOPE Scholarships page to configure Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally (HOPE) and Zell Miller Scholarships by mapping the information in Anthology Student to the values required for evaluating and extracting the information required by the State of Georgia.

The configuration you specify here is used when you: 

  • Review state reporting evaluations (Select the Students tile > select the name in the Students list > expand Financial Aid > select the State Report Evaluation tile.)

  • Export the files that contain the student information required by the State of Georgia for HOPE and Zell Miller Scholarships (Select the Processes tile > expand Financial Aid > select HOPE Extract Export.)

The HOPE Scholarship Program is a merit-based higher education scholarship. The ability of a student to pay is not a factor. Eligibility is based on their academic performance. The requirements for the student include:

  • Being a resident of the state of Georgia for at least one year

  • Graduating from high school with a 3.0 GPA

  • Maintaining a cumulative 3.0 GPA throughout college

The HOPE and Zell Miller Scholarships have four tiers throughout the student program. A student has attempted: 

  • 1- 29 credit hours
  • 30 - 59 credit hours
  • 60 - 89 credit hours
  • 90 - 127 credit hours

You can expand and specify: 

  • Campus Mapping: Maps the campuses to codes and paths for export files.

  • Fund Source Mapping: Maps the scholarships to the fund source you configured in Anthology Student.

  • Term Mapping: Maps the award years and terms you have configured in Anthology Student to the terms defined by the State of Georgia.

  • Benchmark Mapping: Specifies the evaluation criteria that Anthology Student uses. The evaluation of the criteria is at an overall student level, so it crosses all enrollments and campuses for the student.

  • Tier Mapping: Specifies the state grant evaluation tiers for HOPE. You can configure the range of credits within each tier by credit hour ranges. The evaluation of the HOPE criteria is at an overall student level, so it crosses all enrollments and campuses for the student.

Prerequisites

You must have: 

  • Common - Configuration - View authorization

  • To view the mappings, Financial Aid - Configuration - View authorization

  • Add or edit the mappings, Financial Aid – Configuration - Manage authorization

Access Method

Select the Configuration tile > expand Financial Aid > select HOPE Scholarships.

Procedure to Add or Edit HOPE Scholarship Mappings

  1. Expand Campus Mapping. Anthology Student displays a list of campuses where the address specified for the campus when it was configured was Georgia (GA).

  2. For each of the columns for the campus record, specify or change the values.

    3. CodeClosed The code assigned to the campus by the State of Georgia for reporting. The State of Georgia requires that all extract files submitted for HOPE processing contain this unique, 2-digit State ID for the school. When the HOPE Extract report is generated, the Campus Code is pulled into the HOPE Extract File for processing as required by the State of Georgia.

    Export PathClosed Indicates the path where the export file will be placed once it is generated.

    File CodeClosed The state institution code.

  3. Expand Fund Source Mapping and specify or change the values. You must complete the values for each record.

    Minimum GPA Closed Value Anthology Student uses to calculate the eligibility status for each fund source in the benchmark evaluation that is displayed on the State Report Evaluation page. (Select the Students tile > select the name in the Students list > expand Financial Aid > select the State Report Evaluation tile.)

    Student Fund SourceClosed The name of the fund source in Anthology Student that is used to award the aid. The list only contains fund sources configured for the campuses in the Campus Mapping list.

  4. Expand Term Mapping and select or change the values. You must complete the values for each record.

    Award YearClosed The financial aid award year.

    HOPE TermClosed Select the term at your institution that maps to the HOPE term type for the award year you selected in the Award Year list. The terms available are parent or standard terms.

    View Only Active TermsClosed Select Yes to display only terms that are configured as active. Select No to display all terms.

  5. Expand Benchmark Mapping.

  6. If you want to: 

    • Add the criteria, select the Add button

    • Edit the criteria, select the name of the benchmark

    • Delete a benchmark mapping from the list, select the record, and select the Remove button on the toolbar

  7. In the dialog, specify or change the values.

    Credit HoursClosed If you selected, Attempted Credit Hours or Earned Credit Hours in the Evaluation Criteria list, specify the number of hours at which you want Anthology Student to evaluate the criteria. Anthology Student stores the cumulative total for the credits attempted and the credits earned between each parent/standard term.

    Date Closed If you selected Date, Term Begin Date, or Term End Date in the list, specify the date that the criteria will be evaluated.

    Evaluation CriteriaClosed Select how you want Anthology Student to evaluate the criteria. The values are Attempted Credit Hours, Date, Earned Credit Hours, Selected Terms, Term Begin Date, and Term End Date. The value you select determines the field that is displayed for entering the specific value.

    NameClosed The descriptive name of the item.

    TermClosed If you select Selected Terms in the Evaluation Criteria list, select the HOPE term at which you want Anthology Student to evaluate the criteria.

  8. Select the OK button.

  9. Expand Tier Mapping.

  10. If you want to: 

    • Add the criteria, select the Add button

    • Edit the criteria, select the name of the tier

    • Delete a tier mapping from the list, select the record, and Select the Remove button on the toolbar

  11. Specify or change the values in the record. If you select the same value in the Credit Types list for the tier, the ranges of High Credit Hours and Low Credit Hours cannot overlap.

    Credit TypesClosed Specifies how you want Anthology Student to evaluate the credits for the tier. The values are Attempted or Earned.

    High Credit HoursClosed Specifies the high number of credit hours in the range for the tier. For example, if the range for the tier is 0-29.999, then the value is 29.999.

    Low Credit HoursClosed Specifies the low number of credit hours in the range for the tier. For example, if the range for the tier is 0-29.999, then the value is 0.

    NameClosed The descriptive name of the item.

  12. Select the Save button on the toolbar.