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...Grassley and Baucus have praised recent initiatives by Harvard and Yale to increase financial aid for upper-middle-class families, but Summers said he believed Harvard’s move was independent of the senator’s concerns, contrary to speculation by some in the media...
...19th century politics using 21st century tools. The idea is rooted in a deceptively simple truth: voters are more likely to go to the polls if they are asked face-to-face by someone they trust. The rediscovery of this antique notion began in the 1990s when researchers at Yale University published several influential studies proving that personal canvassing is more effective than direct mail or phone calls from strangers. In 2001, Republicans put the idea to a test in several special congressional elections, and the extra money and time devoted to door-knocking produced instant results. So the G.O.P...
...point of all these activities is to collect as many names as possible of potential supporters and then badger the prospects until they cast their ballots. Those Yale studies found that pleading doesn't become ineffective until after the third appeal. Washington University sophomore Charlie Bittner, 19, told the group he planned to take the personal approach even further. "I will lead groups every 30 minutes from a spot on campus to the polling place," he said. "People feel more comfortable if they're part of a group...
...Grassley and Baucus, a Montana Democrat who attended Stanford, applauded the recent expansions of financial aid by Harvard, Yale, and Dartmouth in their letter to the 136 universities, calling it the “first good news in a long time” in terms of reigning in tuition costs...
...Senator John F. Kerry, a Yale alumnus who also serves on the Finance Committee, said that with soaring tuition costs and shrinking middle-class incomes, it has become increasingly important to expand tuition assistance programs for families and students...