Word: jewett
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard did not file any compliant despite the generally negative write-up, L. Fred Jewett, dean of admissions, said, "We don't tend to get very aggravated by these types of outside references...
...applaud the serious attention Harvard is giving the problem--especially the intention of L. Fred Jewett '57, admissions and financial aid dean, to solicit student opinions on the matter through House meetings. But we cannot stress enough our conviction that an equitable financial aid policy is of unparalleled importance. If at all possible, the University should strive to fill the gap left by receding federal aid with money...
...Jewett, who is studying Harvard's options in case federal cuts make it impossible to maintain the present aid-blind policy, drew a distinction between Wesleyan's decision to reject students asking for aid--without giving them the chance to try to find alternate ways of paying tuition--and the "admit-deny" option. Under the latter, which Jewett said he probably would favor, a student would be told he qualified for admission on merit grounds but that the college couldn't afford to give...
Though Harvard and Wesley an spend comparable proportions of their budgets on financial aid, "People come to quite different conclusions looking at the same facts," Jewett said...
...added that Wesleyan's public shift would be unlikely to spur other colleges to take similar actions immediately. Wesleyan has traditionally been "so specific" in its commitment to diversity and to aid-blind admission. Jewett said, that the shift may have appeared more significant that it would at other institutions...