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...days since the protest, Yale President Richard C. Levin announced sweeping changes in the university’s financial aid packages. Yale will now match Harvard policy of reducing contributions from families that earn less than $60,000 per year. Yale has also guaranteed that it will not require contributions from families that earn less than $45,000 per year, up from Harvard’s threshold...
Looking ahead, President Levin must use this protest and his recent presentation of new aid packages as an opportunity, not a hindrance, for his university—perhaps using student response as a tool to engage more alumni donors. In that way, the financial burden of the change could be offset by more alumni giving...
...UOC’s bold move was not the only pressure that Yale administrators felt while debating remaking financial aid. President Levin was due to announce a new aid package soon, in fact, regardless of the protest. That said, the UOC’s success in compellingly presenting student grievances bodes well for other student initiatives, whether at Yale, Harvard, or other schools. It proves that student voices carry weight when aired in the right way, at the right time. Many Harvard groups, from the Undergraduate Council to ethnically- and gender-based organizations, could stand to learn a thing...
...have 45,600 members. Rough estimates put the total number of members of white-supremacist groups in the U.S. at about 100,000. Many more are unaffiliated--which doesn't mean harmless. Of all hate crimes, only 5% to 10% are committed by members of hate groups, says Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino...
...separate November forum, Levin called Princeton’s elimination of student loans a “PR move” and claimed that Harvard’s plan only saved low-income earning students $500 in tuition fees, the YDN reported...