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Show Teaching Scholarships Are Available in Utah Each year a number of tuition scholarships are extended ex-tended to graduating seniors from Utah high schools that encourage capable young people peo-ple to enter the profession of teaching. These Normal Schol-arhips Schol-arhips are awarded through the state's public institutions of higher education and are effective for a term of years corresponding to the length of the course the student plans to pursue (up to four years). Each holder of one of these scholarships is entitled to an abatement of an amount equal to the tuition fees of the institution he or she attends. The law requires that "Holders of Normal Scholarships Scholar-ships shall be required to declare their intention to complete the prescribed course of normal instruction for a degree, diploma, or certificate, and after completion comple-tion of such work to teach in the public schools of this state." Nominations for these scholarships schol-arships are made by local boards of education through the Superintendent of Schools and are based on the following criteria: (1) probability of successful teaching, (2) scholastic schol-astic ability, (3) financial aid, -k ilUhi A ii (4) criticality of the teaching field in which the student is interested, and (5) cultural background (there is need to encourage more minority group members to go into teaching). The Division of Staff Development, Devel-opment, Office of the Utah State Board of Education, has released a follow-up report on Normal Scholarships awarded during the 1974-75 school year. This report reflects the experience of the four-year state institutions only, even though Normal Scholarships are also awarded through College of Eastern Utah, Dixie College, and Snow College. Of the total of 71 recipients of Normal Scholarships who graduated in 1975, 38 or 53.5 percent accepted teaching positions-45.1 percent of the total contracting to teach in Utah, and the remaining 8.4 percent going to another state or foreign country. Over 15 percent of the Normal Scholarship Scholar-ship graduates reported they were continuing formal study for advanced degrees while eight individuals (11.3 percent) per-cent) reported they were still seeking a teaching position at the time the survey was conducted. |