Word: stipend
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...record 375 students will apply to this year’s program, marking a 50 percent increase over last year. The program—which celebrates its 15th Anniversary this year—has increased the number of internships to 51 from 40 and has also increased the stipend awarded to $4,000 from an average...
...addition, the stipend increase will apply across the board to all internship locations, while in past years more expensive cities would receive higher than average stipends to compensate for the higher cost of living...
...difficult economic times, when people are more concerned with maintaining financial stability, becoming a tutor looks more attractive,” said Mather House Master Sandra A. Naddaff ’75.In addition to stable housing, a limited meal plan, and in some cases a stipend, there are other advantages to the position, Nadaff said. Graduate school is often “isolating,” and Houses can provide tutors with a “sense of community,” she said.Mather House officials weren’t the only ones to report a measurable spike in tutor...
...program, the men are returned to their families and given a monthly stipend of $700 to help make ends meet. Some are given cars, and single men are encouraged to get married - the Saudi government pays $20,000 toward wedding expenses. "The important thing is that these men should not be idle and frustrated, because that could send them back to their old haunts, their old friends," said al-Turki...
...While she acknowledged that stipend packages at Yale were “probably among the best you’ll find,” she said these achievements were largely due to their union’s advocacy, and that there is further work to be done...