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...Johnson said. Students from the Black Mens Forum (BMF) and the Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa worked closely with members of the SMT staff to help fundraise and coordinate campus logistics. Student delegates from over 15 colleges across the nation—including Stanford University, Columbia University, and the University of Minnesota—participated in the conference. Attendees from abroad hailed from over four different countries, according to organizers. During select panels, delegates stationed in Ghana, Nairobi, and Kenya participated in the live discussions through an internet portal network. BMF President Tracy “Ty?...
...educational legislation, and the overall academic base to which so many of them do not have access. If the College undertakes these efforts, their work will not necessarily breed a new line of low-income students clamoring to come to Harvard—some may decide to go to Stanford, or Yale, or Princeton—but this is the sacrifice that a college sincerely concerned with educational equality—not just admittance yields—will make...
...effect of Harvard’s actions would touch more than the 1,675 students Harvard can take every year. Our rival institutions would be pressured to make their education more accessible or free, as Yale, Stanford, and others did with HFAI. Although not everyone can go to college, Harvard can lead a new commitment to progress and equality of opportunity by opening higher education to everyone, regardless of their parents’ checkbook...
...March article balanced standard criteria from the popular college rankings by U.S. News and World Report with factors such as Hispanic enrollment rate and the number of Hispanic cultural organizations on campus, according to the article. Fellow Ivy League schools Princeton and Yale finished second and fourth respectively. Stanford, which has finished first in each of the past five years, fell to sixth on the list of 25 colleges. Harvard recently admitted a record number of Hispanic applicants, as individuals of Hispanic origin composed 9.8 percent of this year’s admitted class, up from 8.2 percent last year...
...fall to a total of $43,655 per student. The expansion of the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative (HFAI) is a great stride in Harvard’s financial aid efforts. Previously, HFAI waived family contributions only for students with family incomes under $40,000 per year. In recent years, Stanford and Yale had one-upped Harvard’s promise by waiving tuition for families with incomes less than $45,000. The revamped HFAI surpasses all of the financial aid programs of Harvard’s competitors and, we hope, will have ripple effects throughout higher education by compelling other...