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...policies are being implemented that will increase access to education for low-income students. Tufts University announced a program to financially assist all students who enter careers in public and non-profit sectors, independent of their school and concentration. Princeton University has entirely eliminated student loans from its financial aid packages. These types of creative, progressive policies should serve as models for Harvard and other universities...
...Increase in Harvard’s financial aid budget as part of a 2007 initiative to reduce expected contributions from middle- and upper-class families...
This was a year unlike any other for admissions and financial aid at Harvard. In eliminating early action and creating a sweeping new financial aid initiative, Harvard has begun a movement that will shape the conversation about access and affordability, both for this generation and for generations to come...
...Harvard’s new financial aid initiative, with its “zero to 10 percent standard,” requires no contribution from those with annual incomes below $60,000; a contribution of up to 10 percent from those with incomes from $60,000 to $120,000; and a contribution of 10 percent from those with incomes from $120,000 to $180,000, assuming assets typical for each income level. Families with incomes above $180,000 and even $200,000 will continue to be eligible for varying amounts of need-based aid. In addition, loans have been eliminated...
...with any changes in the world of admissions and financial aid, the full effect of our new programs will not be known for a number of years, but preliminary results for the Class of 2012 indicate impressive academic excellence and increasing economic diversity. At this time last year, 49 percent of the incoming class qualified for financial aid, while this year the comparable figure is 59 percent. Of course, many other colleges have also made significant changes in their financial aid programs, and future competition in this realm will continue to be fierce...