Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship: HOPE

Evidence Step: Strong Evidence Strong Evidence Two or more rigorous evaluations support the program model.
Department: Higher Education
Priority Area: Workforce Development and Employment

Program Description

The Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship (TELS) HOPE program aims to recognize and promote academic achievement in high school through scholarship to retain the state’s “best and brightest” students in Tennessee colleges and universities. The HOPE supplements, the General Assembly Merit Scholarship and Aspire recognize very high achieving and low-income students eligible for HOPE, respectively.

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Details

Program Demographic: Adolescents / Young Adults
Delivery Setting: School
Current Participants: 71,066