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David Keyes
@dgkeyes.com

With our R in 3 Months program, we give out multiple scholarships. However, some recipients barely participate at all. This is frustrating because we pass over other recipients who likely would participate further. Any ideas for how we can ensure that scholarship recipients actively participate?

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Elena Shekhova
@lumipie.com

I’m not sure if this is helpful, but the experience I had with a language school here in Denmark might be relevant: it’s free for all immigrants, but you have to pay a deposit (I think it’s something like $300), which is returned only if you complete the course.

Elena Shekhova
@lumipie.com

And it actually worked. The schools reported that before the deposit was introduced, many people would stop attending, but wanting to get the deposit back was enough motivation to attend classes and pass the exams.