Word: tuition
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...particular concern, according to Knowles, is the future of financial aid. A growing gap between college tuition costs and median family incomes, a decrease in governmental loans and grants and heightened scholarship competition among universities are some of the most serious dilemmas facing the Faculty, he said...
Miller said that Harvard has no intention ofaltering its current needbased tuition assistancepolicy in favor of the merit-based scholarshipsincreasingly offered by other universities...
...With tuition--and financial aidcosts--skyrocketing, increasing scrutiny may begiven to the true financial need of applicants...
...assets. They lend money temporarily from savings to a family corporation. They invest in a condo near campus, which increases debt and provides housing for their child. Or they might mortgage an apartment building and hire their child to manage it, using his tax-deductible "salary" to pay tuition...
...scores. He argues that this is how Harvard and other equally prestigious universities measure success and ability. But SAT scores offer only one part of the picture. They may be skewed in favor of those who have the luxury of attending coaching workshops. Many poor students cannot afford the tuition for these workshops and are therefore at a disadvantage...