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Currently, Harvard College is not amongst the group that has done away with loans. The College meets demonstrated financial need through a combination of loans, work-study, and grants. According to the Financial Aid Web site, about half of Harvard undergraduates graduate with some loan debt, typically between...
Morton O. Schapiro, the president of Williams College, said in an e-mailed statement, “We have been moving in this direction for a number of years—first we reduced loan expectations for all financial aid students, then we stopped packaging loans entirely for students from families with the lowest incomes. This was the logical next step...
Agricultural policy is not sexy. You probably don't know the intricacies of "loan deficiency payments" or "base acreage," and you probably don't care. This was once an agrarian nation, but now there's a less than 1% chance that you're a farmer, and if you are, you're probably part time; the average farm family gets 82% of its income from nonfarm sources. We're not a people of the soil anymore, and for most of us, our eyes glaze over when we see farm statistics like the ones in that last sentence...
...used to odd hours. Seated in a semicircle of plastic chairs, the engineers, police officers, health-care workers and casino dealers have something in common: they are all addicted to gambling. The group meets once a week to hear Tan speak, and to share stories of angry spouses, loan sharks and backsliding. A young nurse who hadn't placed a bet in six months admits she relapsed four days earlier after a fight with her husband. "He wanted money in order to grant me a divorce," says the mother of two. She lost $515 playing baccarat. A well-dressed engineer...
...Harvard Green Campus Initiative, a professional student-run organization founded in 2000, has been important to Harvard’s success in environmental sustainability. Its Green Campus Loan Fund dedicates $12 million to interest-free loans allocated to projects that reduce the school’s environmental impact. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...