OU is now free tuition for Athens and surrounding counties. Bowling Green could never offer that and stay in business when 50% of their students are from the surrounding counties. I'd say its more them catching up. Also OU spends 25 million on scholarships a year now so that 116 million BG is getting won't last too long or only produce 5 to 8 percent in scholarship money a year.
They say they’re going to do about 4000 students a year.
On the website they are saying 6,200 students total are expected to receive it through 2035. 10 years figure about 6,200 students. Also its not a full tuition scholarship, only 11,000 a year. Tuition at BG is close to 14,000.
https://www.bgsu.edu/news/2024/05/historic-commitment-to-... Its a nice award and I'm happy to see a conference mate run into money. It will help BG to clean up against Toledo, Akron and Wright State. Keep the enrollment high against a declining population of incoming freshman.