Word: aides
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...Higher Education Act had passed the year before and university officials predicted they could shift their focus back home, having secured federal support for student aid and research for the time being...
...Balanced Budget Act of 1997 placed caps on Medicare spending--federal aid to hospitals--that had helped to pay for the expensive teaching mission of academic medical centers. The cutbacks in Medicare spending came at a particularly difficult time for American hospitals, as private insurers have moved to pay less and less of the per-patient cost of treatment over the last five years, instead ceding this job to less generous managed care programs...
Many American universities, like Harvard, are enjoying a surge in popularity overseas, says William R. Fitzsimmons '67, dean of admissions and financial aid...
While the reasons behind the international attraction to the University are nebulous, at best, administrators and academics around the world say they include the comparatively flexible undergraduate curriculum, the number of world leaders who spent time at Harvard, the University's generous financial aid policies, the renowned Harvard professional and graduate schools and, perhaps most importantly, the Harvard mystique...
...Harvard's financial aid policy, however,that puts the school in a class of its own,according to Fitzsimmons. It is one of the fewAmerican universities to offer need-blindadmissions for international students, as it doesfor Americans...