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Frequenters of admissions gossip sites like College Confidential just got one more source for admissions news—from The New York Times. The Times venture, called “The Choice: Demystifying College Admissions and Aid,” was launched Monday at the height of admissions frenzy. The project was headed by NYT education writer Jacques Steinberg, who is also the author of “The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College.” According to Steinberg, the blog is intended to be a resource for high school students and their parents...
...time when greater numbers of students in the incoming class and throughout the school need financial aid, we are encouraged that, despite budget shortfalls and the difficult economy, the College will be growing its financial-aid program. The admissions office recently reported that the Class of 2013 will receive an unprecedented $147 million in financial aid next year. Financial aid needs to continue to be a priority. The caliber and integrity of our educational experience depends on keeping Harvard a financial possibility for all qualified students, regardless of their background...
...hope that, across the board, colleges that are strapped for cash think before reducing financial-aid programs and that schools with need-blind admissions policies remain that way. Universities lose more than just individual students when they admit wealthy applicants above equally or more qualified, but less affluent, students. Higher education should not be a business—when schools start evaluating their core priorities in this regard, their intellectual integrity suffers. There is a fine line between keeping a school alive to educate another day and doing long-term damage to its commitment to meritocracy...
...they must reduce their financial-aid programs, universities should be proactive in guiding students toward alternative funding sources, such as private scholarships or government aid. Under the new administration’s budget, students will also be able to take out bigger federally sponsored Perkins loans. The number of colleges whose students are eligible for this loan will increase from 1,800 to 4,000. Admittedly, these proposed benefits will not be available until July 2010, but they will still help...
...Administration's instincts are right to work toward some sort of endgame in Afghanistan - train the Afghan army and police, boost economic aid, do something about the corruption and talk to certain elements of the Taliban, making sure they understand we'll be back if al-Qaeda comes back. But it has to happen very quickly. (See pictures of the battle against the Taliban...