Word: ellison
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...Ellison doesn't plan to stop working on financial aid any time soon...
...Ellison wants to fully endow the GSAS--an effort that will require raising $200 million to $300 million for the school. He'd like to build a residential campus for graduate students similar to the undergraduate Houses, possibly across the river in Allston...
Amongst his colleagues, Ellison's name is virtually synonymous with graduate student aid reform. He lent his name to a report released in 1998 by a committee he headed. In the report, the committee advocated covering tuition for four or five years for needy students, compared to two years, the previous standard. This meant each department can give aid to the same group of students throughout their careers at GSAS...
...Ellison says he hopes to offer full support in the social sciences and humanities within six years. The new package would guarantee coverage of a year of research assistantship and a year of dissertation writing--plans that are currently available only on a competitive basis...
...Ellison is concerned about more than just financial...