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...attend all the Ivy League schools regardless of their financial need. The plan, proposed by Brown President Ruth J. Simmons, should be implemented in February after its approval by the university’s governing corporation. This change, which Simmons stated was one of her top priorities, will end Brown’s dubious distinction of being the last Ivy League university to consider students’ financial need as a factor in admissions decisions. Brown still has to face the challenge of implementing the switch to a need-blind policy, at an estimated cost of $3 to $8 million...
Though all the Ivies have now embraced need-blind admissions in principle, Harvard has a responsibility as a leader in education to keep ahead of the curve. It will begin to do so by renewing its push for more generous financial support for its graduate school students. The new space in Allston will provide more space for graduate schools so that more students can enroll. In order to make sure that the new students Harvard accepts are the most able—not simply the most affluent—in their field of study, Harvard should expand its graduate financial...
Simmons urged Brown’s Advisory Committee on University Planning to aim for a need-blind admissions policy beginning with the Class...
...Brown’s governing body approves the plan in February, the university will become the last Ivy League school to adopt a need-blind policy...
Despite its flaws, Harvard’s undergraduate financial aid program is one of the crown jewels of the University. With a need-blind system of admissions and a stated policy of meeting subsequent need through financial aid, the College has committed itself to the goal that no talented student will be turned away from Harvard or will decide against applying because of financial need. Unlike their counterparts at the College, however, many applicants to the graduate schools attend Harvard with their financial needs unmet—a burden made ever heavier by the sizeable tuitions of Harvard graduate schools...