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...financial aid plan will significantly decrease the expected contributions from middle- and upper-class families and eliminate loans for all undergraduates. Faust said it has been gratifying to hear how the initiative will change student lives...
...that changes two years later,” Wright-Swadel says.Kraisberg says that looking at a student’s socioeconomic background could be one way to explain how much company actions will affect his or her decision.“One important thing to note is that [upper-class] students tend to have these concerns while working class students don’t,” he says. “These students come from wealthy financial backgrounds and have many opportunities as a result.”Adds Wright-Swadel, “Students that I talk to?...
Harvard’s plan, which was announced by President Drew G. Faust and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith, focuses on increasing aid to middle- and upper-class families. The plan includes reducing the amount that families earning under $180,000 will have to pay, as well as eliminating the expectation that Harvard students should take out loans, according to a University statement...
...wide-ranging financial aid initiative unveiled yesterday, Harvard said it will significantly reduce the expected contributions from middle- and upper-class families and eliminate loans for all undergraduates. Students whose families make between $120,000 and $180,000 per year will now pay only 10 percent of their yearly income to the College, cutting costs to those families by between one-third and one-half, according to a University statement. Undergraduates whose families make between $60,000 and $120,000 per year will contribute between zero and 10 percent of their income on a graded scale under the new initiative...
...sweeping new financial aid initiative announced today, Harvard said it would significantly reduce the expected contributions from middle- and upper-class families and eliminate loans for all students...