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...Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will now match every dollar of financial aid given to students through need-based federal Pell Grants, MIT President Susan Hockfield announced on Tuesday...
...increasing the brain power working to solve important problems like global warming, the proposed scholarships help to improve life for all and to keep the economy strong. A vibrant economy and a healthy middle class are essential to funding for the arts and humanities, general scholarship programs like Pell grants, and social programs for the poor and elderly. Inventions created by government-funded scientists, such as the laser, the MRI, and the Internet, have beneficial effects on wide-ranging parts of society. To say that science scholarships will have no positive societal impact is ludicrous...
...Harvard students to benefit from this aid, they must be a US citizen eligible for Pell Grants. As of January last year, 600 Harvard students were receiving Pell Grants...
According to Day, students who are eligible for Pell Grants and could potentially benefit from the aid, are already receiving large grants from the University. This is due in part to President Lawrence H. Summers’ recent financial aid initiative guaranteeing a nearly full aid package for households with income under $40,000, which took effect in September...
...Academic Competitiveness Grants also may potentially fail to meet the full needs of students due to the nature of the grants which are “mandatory dollars” and cannot exceed the budgeted amount. This is in contrast to the Pell Grant, which frequently runs a deficit...