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WHENEVER a university raises its tuitior, it sets off a furor among students who violently oppose paying even more than what they already consider an exorbitant cost. Such furor is increased when the institution is Harvard and when the hike in tuition reflects a continuing trend of cost increases outpacing inflation...
...natural to blame Harvard, the $4.8 billion monolithic giant, for unfairly squeezing its students, and worse, for creating an example for other universities nationwide to increase their tuition. Given the nature of the institution, however, it is unfair to blame Harvard for the increasing costs of higher education...
...cost of educating a student at Harvard is only partially offset by the tuition it receives, even from those students who do not qualify for financial aid. In fact, student tuition and fees constituted less than 33 percent of the revenue Harvard received in 1988. The remaining 66 percent came from interest earned on the endowment (17.2%), private gifts (19.7%) and government and institutional grants (30.9%). As income from these sources has decreased as a percentage of total revenue over the past few years, Harvard has had to look to other places to pick up the slack. Moreover, the University...
...next decade and beyond. The problems of the urban black underclass -- unemployment, drugs, teenage pregnancy, hopeless schools -- are more urgent than ever. But for the black middle class, there are new preoccupations. Not just job-creation programs, but job promotions. Not just high school diplomas, but college tuition. Not just picket lines, but picket fences. An agenda, in short, for a full partnership in the American Dream...
...uninvited guest at an Adams House party, as he was being led out by police for disruptive behavior, referring to the Harvard tuition...