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>Harvard University has announced that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families will pay no tuition.
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>In making the announcement, Harvard's president Lawrence H. Summers
>said, "When only 10 percent of the students in Elite higher
>education come from families in lower half of the income distribution, we are not doing enough. We are not doing enough in
>bringing elite higher education to the lower half of the income distribution."
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>If you know of a family earning less than $60,000 a year with an
>honor student graduating from high school soon, Harvard University
>wants to pay the tuition. The prestigious university recently
>announced that from now on undergraduate students from low-income
>families can go to Harvard for free ... no tuition and no student loans!
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>In addition, Harvard announces reduced fees for students from
>families with incomes between $60,000 and $80,000. To find out more
>about Harvard offering free tuition for families making less than
>$60,000 a year visit Harvard's financial aid website at:
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>http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/daily/2006/03/30-finaid.html
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>or call the school's financial aid office at (617) 495-1581.
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>SEND TO SOMEONE WHETHER THEY CAN USE IT OR NOT. THEY JUST MIGHT KNOW
>SOMEONE WHO CAN!
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>Harvard expands financial aid for low- and middle-income families
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>'There is no more important mission for Harvard and higher education
>than promoting equality of opportunity for all,' said Harvard
>President Lawrence H. Summers. (Staff file photo Justin Ide/Harvard
>News Office)
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>Reinforcing its commitment to opportunity and excellence across the
>economic spectrum, Harvard today (March 30) announced a significant
>expansion of its 2004 financial aid initiative for low- and
>middle-income families. Beginning with the class admitted this week,
>parents in families with incomes of less than $60,000 will no longer
>be expected to contribute to the cost of their children attending
>Harvard. In addition, Harvard will reduce the contributions of
>families with incomes between $60,000 and $80,000.
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>The new income thresholds build on the program announced two years
>ago, which provided that families with incomes below $40,000 would
>not be expected to contribute to the cost of education, with a
>reduced contribution for families with incomes between $40,000 and
>$60,000. (See 2004 release) The number of students enrolled at
>Harvard from these income brackets increased by 24 percent for the
>class entering this past fall - the first full year of the program.
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>"There is no more important mission for Harvard and higher education
>than promoting equality of opportunity for all," said President
>Lawrence H. Summers. "We are fortunate to have significant
>resources, and there is no better way to use them than to support
>families seeking to provide the best possible opportunities for
>their children. These increases in financial aid build on and extend
>our emphasis on recruiting students from low-income backgrounds, and
>send a clear signal to middle-class families who have all too often
>felt that Harvard and other leading universities are out of reach."
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>Harvard is also revising its policy on outside awards won by
>incoming students, ranging from scholarships provided by local
>community groups to programs such as the National Merit and Gates
>Millennium Scholarships. Students will now be able to apply these
>awards to eliminate their summer savings obligations. Previously,
>outside awards could be used to offset the $3,650 self-help
>expectation toward the cost of attendance, but did not apply to the
>summer savings obligation of $2,150.
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>Overall financial aid
>"We are very pleased to offer such exceptional financial support to
>our undergraduates," said William C. Kirby, dean of the Faculty of
>Arts and Sciences, which oversees Harvard College. "Even before
>these enhancements, the financial aid budget for next year was
>projected at $90 million, a 6.2 percent increase over last year, and
>a 65 percent increase over the past six years. This new initiative
>will add an additional $2.4 million annually. Although many students
>and families might find this hard to believe, Harvard is actually
>more affordable for many students than public colleges or universities."
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>Two-thirds of Harvard students receive financial aid, and the
>average grant award for next year is expected to be more than
>$33,000, or 70 percent of the total cost of attendance. In the past
>decade, Harvard has reduced the median four-year debt for graduating
>seniors from more than $16,000 to $6,400 - less than one-third of
>the national average of $20,000.
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>Expanding the reach of the 2004 financial aid initiative
>"Since its inception two years ago, the financial aid initiative
>aimed at families with incomes below $40,000 has had an enormous
>impact in attracting students of all backgrounds to Harvard's
>applicant pool," said William R. Fitzsimmons, dean of admissions and
>financial aid. "The message that Harvard is open to all talented
>students continues to resonate and the momentum the program has
>created has encouraged students to consider colleges they had never
>imagined before."
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>Raising the income thresholds for the financial aid initiative to a
>level above the median family income in the United States is meant
>to address the very real dilemmas felt by families struggling to
>balance rising living expenses and the cost of higher education.
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>"Our financial aid initiative has been very successful in attracting
>students from the lower income ranges, and we see it as an important
>step in attracting more students from middle-income families, where
>our application rates are lower than they should be," said Summers.
>"If there are thousands of highly qualified students not applying to
>Harvard, we need to find ways to address that problem. Middle-income
>relief is one of the steps we are taking, but we also want to reach
>out to these students in other ways."
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>In its ongoing effort to attract the best students, Harvard
>continues to seek talented students across the nation with intensive
>recruiting by the Office of Admissions, faculty, alumni, and a team
>of undergraduates.
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>"Students who have benefited from the financial aid initiative are
>anxious to give back to the program by working with students who
>come from similar backgrounds," Fitzsimmons said. "We hope that as
>we increase the number of students who benefit from the program, we
>will inspire students from every economic background to consider the
>full range of our nation's colleges and universities."
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