Open AccessThe Georgia HOPE Scholarship
Author(s) -
Victor Chen
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
policy perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2377-7753
pISSN - 1085-7087
DOI - 10.4079/pp.v11i1.4118
Subject(s) - scholarship , lottery , popularity , state (computer science) , political science , public relations , public administration , sociology , law , economics , computer science , algorithm , microeconomics
In 1992, Georgia unveiled the HOPE (Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally) program, a merit-based scholarship for state residents funded entirely through a state lottery. Since then, the immense popularity of the program has induced many states to try and capture Georgia's success with their own lottery-funded scholarship program. While billed a success, there remain several questions about the effectiveness of the HOPE program. This article examines HOPE's impact and asserts that the program may not prove to be the unqualified success that many proponents claim.