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Issue: 808 Date: 2/17/2006
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FREE TUITION TO HARVARD UNIVERSITY FOR HONOR STUDENTS FROM LOW-INCOME FAMILIES (BELOW $40,000)
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Harvard University announced 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 $40,000 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!
In addition, for those students, the University waives application fees,pays for travel so that accepted applicants can visit campus to see ifthey wish to enroll, and makes funds available, as needed, for books,winter clothing, medical and other extraordinary expenses.
To find out more about Harvard offering free tuition for families makingless than $40,000 a year visit Harvard's financial aid website at: http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/daily/0402/28-finaid.html or call the school's financial aid office at (617) 495-1581. |
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