Word: aided
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...financial aid office was once again inundated with calls from admitted students and their parents," Fitzsimmons said. "Last year around 47 percent were on scholarship aid. It certainly appears we will be at least in that range...
Last week, Harvard received a financial aid increase from the Federal Government. On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to increase Pell Grants by $400. Unfortunately, instead of going to students, that money will go straight into the deep pockets of the University...
Instead of upping financial aid per student, which this governmental measure was intended to do, the University will instead decrease the aid it gives to students who receive Pell Grants, cutting its cost of financial aid. Why deprive students of this extra financial boost? Because, the University argues, it already meets the students' demonstrated needs...
However, this argument is flawed. First, the University has always claimed it meets students' needs, yet this year it increased the total financial aid package by $2,000 per student--a boon for students, but also a sign that the University could have been doing more...
Students work term-time and summer jobs to help pay for their tuition. Sometimes the obligation to make money for tuition prevents a student from taking a lower-paid, more educational internship or participating in a time-consuming extracurricular. Why couldn't this increase in federal aid help to decrease some of students' expected contribution--turning the focus of their days at Harvard toward education instead of finance...