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Colleges, Universities & Vocational
Harvard University Announcement
Harvard University announced over the weekend that from now on
undergraduate students from low-income families will pay no tuition. In
making the announcement, Harvard's president Lawrence H. Summers said, 'When only 10 percent of the students in Elite higher education come from families in lower half of the income distribution, we are not doing enough. We are not doing enough in bringing elite higher education to the lower half of the income distribution.'
If you know of a family earning less than $ 60,000 a year with an honor
student graduating from high school soon, Harvard University wants to
pay the tuition. The prestigious university recently announced that
from now on undergraduate students from low-income families can go to Harvard for free...no tuition and no student loans!
Harvard University announced over the weekend that from now on
undergraduate students from low-income families will pay no tuition. In
making the announcement, Harvard's president Lawrence H. Summers said, 'When only 10 percent of the students in Elite higher education come from families in lower half of the income distribution, we are not doing enough. We are not doing enough in bringing elite higher education to the lower half of the income distribution.'
If you know of a family earning less than $ 60,000 a year with an honor
student graduating from high school soon, Harvard University wants to
pay the tuition. The prestigious university recently announced that
from now on undergraduate students from low-income families can go to Harvard for free...no tuition and no student loans!
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Answered YES. This shows that Harvard is more concerned about America not being in the top 20 in the world in academic achievement than money.
an honor student deserves to continue her educations and harvard is doing a great thing for the people. it's so sad to see really intelligent minds that have risen above the poverty, gangs and other disadvantages be denied an education that could change the lives of many. -
Answered YES. This shows that Harvard is more concerned about America not being in the top 20 in the world in academic achievement than money.
Education is vital to the success of this nation. If Harvard can help to increase the amount of University Educated people by allowing the poorest citizens to attend for free, then more power to them.
Remember, Harvard's standards are very high, and they are a private institution. This is not a government funded idea, but rather one of a private school. Because of this, I congratulate them. -
Answered YES. This shows that Harvard is more concerned about America not being in the top 20 in the world in academic achievement than money.
This is an excellent way for Harvard to return some benefit to the national community. They sit on a $34B endowment in tax exempt status and do not currently make any meaningful contribution to justify this tax advantage. They are offering this grant to avoid MA coming after their share of returns on that $34B chuck of tax exempt cash. -
Answered YES. This shows that Harvard is more concerned about America not being in the top 20 in the world in academic achievement than money.
Harvard is a private educational institution and they can do as they damn well please. If anyone doesn't like it, don't go to school there. Very few can pass the entry exams anyway.
Answered YES. This shows that Harvard is more concerned about America not being in the top 20 in the world in academic achievement than money.
I think this is great. Maybe other universities will follow suit, or maybe even work off of a sliding scale.