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Abigail L. Fee ’05, president of Harvard Students for Choice, said the group had made no efforts to alter the HRL display, and that she has actively instructed members against vandalism...
...fourth model, files are treated much like telephone service or another public utility, with consumers paying a regular fee to a company similar in structure...
...unfair for the DHS to increase the fee to $100 without any reasonable justification. If the system can legitimately be maintained at the lower rate, then foreign students should only be responsible for the recommended $54. The DHS is not in the business of fleecing prospective international students, and it needs to enlighten the public about why the costs of maintaining its program are now considered to be so high. Vague explanations—such as professing that not all factors were considered, as the DHS has done in the past—do not fulfill this obligation...
Harvard has yet to respond to the policy, waiting to see how other institutions react and to look further into the implications of the fee. But regardless of other institutions’ responses, Harvard should help to cover this new cost for students who demonstrate sufficient need. Other costs—such as travel allowances—are considered by Harvard on a case-by-case basis under its current financial aid system, and Harvard should respond to additional burdens for foreign students by extending aid to cover SEVIS and visa costs for students who cannot afford them...
...while the University will be able to ease the problems for its international students, other colleges are not equipped with the same financial resources, and the higher fee will still be an issue for prospective students to many schools. Unless the DHS offers specific justification for the $100 fee, it is irresponsible to not lower it. SEVIS should be implemented, but not at the cost of education...