The ITT Technical Institute in Bensalem currently offers a program of study in Information Technology-Computer Network Systems and will begin offering a program of study in Computer and Electronics Engineering Technology in September 2001. The scholarship is intended to help students in the Philadelphia area pursue careers in technical fields by easing their cost of education. Judging will entail a preliminary screening to identify the candidates who have satisfied all of the scholarship criteria, accept for admission to the related program. Judges will look for originality, creativity, and the overall professionalism of each entry. Applications will be judged against the other applications for the same scholarship.
Originality is very important.
Concepts contained in the essays cannot copy pre-existing material without proper reference citation. Any scholarship applicant who is determined to have plagiarized the work of someone else in his or her application will be immediately disqualified. The finalists will be interviewed by a panel of five local technology professionals at a Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania location. Final selection of the scholarship recipients for each of the two programs of study will be determined solely by this panel based upon their appraisal of the strength of each candidate's interview. The judges' decision with respect to the award of each scholarship is final.