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...Like DormAid, GradeFund has arrived amid raised eyebrows. Isn't it supporting the wealthiest students rather than the neediest? (Kopko says a range of students are signing up.) Couldn't students use the money to just buy pizza? (Donors can have checks sent to the tuition office rather than directly to the student.) And won't it encourage students to obsess even more about grades? Kopko isn't worried. "So far, the closest thing I've gotten to a critique was an administrator at Adelphi University who posed the question, "Might this increase the incentives for cheating?'" he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Paid for Your A's | 12/2/2008 | See Source »

...weekend. Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, has pushed the Senate to enact comprehensive immigration reform in recent years. Last June, amid a fevered debate and nation-wide protests, the Senate failed to pass a massive immigration reform act that included a provision allowing public colleges to offer in-state tuition rates to undocumented immigrants. If passed, the bill would have also opened a path to citizenship for illegal aliens who entered the country as children and who either complete two years of higher education or serve in the military. Both provisions were also part of the Development, Relief, and Education...

Author: By Sean R. Ouellette, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Federal Initiative May Aid Illegal Aliens | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

...compensate for lower grades. Under the new rules, all campuses will still have to admit all eligible freshmen in their immediate vicinity, but many of the schools will up the academic bar for students from farther away. Rejecting paying students might seem counterintuitive in a time of need, but tuition accounts for just 23% of Cal State's funding (even after a 10% hike last year). That's on par with Harvard, where tuition accounts for about 20% of the school's revenue - but there, a multibillion-dollar endowment makes up the difference. On average, tuition covers about half...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Under Financial Stress, More Colleges Cap Enrollments | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

Harvard’s policies are expected to remain constant, Faust explained in the letter. Undergraduates whose families letter. Undergraduates whose families have incomes below $60,000 will continue to pay no tuition, while those with incomes below $180,000 will be expected to pay up to 10 percent of income...

Author: By Emma R. Carron, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Schools Prepare for Crisis | 11/24/2008 | See Source »

...seismic financial shocks,” the narrator wants the reader to feel the volatility of Harvard’s world. Reality: A terrifying, abstract unknown, reality appears to have confronted Harvard only recently. Might be loosely defined as “a shitshow.” Tuition: A highly symbolic beacon of hope. Both Harvard and We fight mercilessly to protect the stability of this precious cargo. Important Quotations Explained “Trade-offs and hard choices that can be avoided in times of plenty cannot be averted now.” Drew is saying that several varsity...

Author: By Benjamin K. Glaser, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: President Faust’s “Harvard and the economy” E-mail - SparkNotes Style | 11/19/2008 | See Source »

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