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...will apply retroactively, Fitzsimmons said. Fitzsimmons said he hopes increased financial aid—within the College and across the University—will allow students to pursue careers in public service without fear of outstanding debt from tuition fees. The program builds on the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative (HFAI), which in 2004 eliminated tuition costs for families making less than $40,000 per year and was expanded in 2006 to eliminate contributions from families making less than $60,000. In response to questions about Harvard’s new initiative, Yale’s president, Richard C. Levin, told...
...context. When I would talk to people about my financial situation, other people would become very uncomfortable in their body language, or there would be awkward silences,” says Rachel A. Culley ’07. During her time at Harvard, Culley was both a recipient of HFAI and a student coordinator for the program...
Baltazar A. Zavala ’11, who says he can afford to attend Harvard because of help from HFAI, notes, “It’s not really something you talk about when you’re introducing yourself. In fact, it hasn’t even really come up with my roommates.” Zavala, who is from El Paso, Texas, also says he doesn’t see many class differences at Harvard: “Most people here seem like the ones back home,” Zavala says...
...what makes the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid so reluctant to push to move beyond offering mainly economic aid to students. Assuming that financial aid students need help in forms other than the economic, such as programs that facilitate social interactions, can actually hamper whether students on HFAI feel comfortable at Harvard...
...instance, a mentoring program originally planned for HFAI students never really got off the ground because not enough HFAI students expressed interest, according to Mueller...