Restorative Practices Foundation Offers Tuition-Free Graduate School Scholarships

In its continuing effort to foster the growth of restorative practices, the Restorative Practices Foundation, the philanthropic sister organization of the IIRP Graduate School, is offering tuition-free scholarships for introductory classes up to a full master's degree in restorative practices. Students who receive scholarships are responsible for fees and the cost of textbooks and materials of assigned readings for each course.

Individuals interested in obtaining 500-level course scholarships should call IIRP Graduate School Registrar Celeste Langen at 610-807-9745. Those interested in master’s degree scholarships would need to apply to matriculate in the master’s program. Two graduate degrees are offered, a Master of Restorative Practices and Education and a Master of Restorative Practices and Youth Counseling, as well as a non-degree Graduate Certificate in Restorative Practices.

If your workplace offers tuition reimbursement, it is preferred that you avail yourself of that in order to allow scholarship monies to remain available for those who do not have tuition reimbursement.

IIRP Moral Obligation Scholarship Fund

The IIRP Moral Obligation Scholarship Fund program is based on the idea that students receiving scholarships from the IIRP take on a non-binding moral obligation to replenish the scholarship fund in the future.

Each generation of scholarship recipients will be asked to consider repaying, over time, the entire sum of the assistance funds they have received. Rather than a loan (which entails a legal obligation), the Moral Obligation Scholarship allows a student to pay back the money at his or her own discretion. Because repayment is totally voluntary, these donations may be claimed as tax-deductible gifts.

The supposition is that each scholarship recipient will, over the years, make the Moral Obligation Scholarship Fund one of their primary charities, taking into account the increase in tuition due to inflation, so that scholarships will be continuously replenished and the equivalent scholarship opportunity made available to future generations of IIRP students.

For more information on IIRP Graduate School scholarship programs, please call Registrar Celeste Langen at 610-807-9745.