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 $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!
They offer reduced tuition if you earn between 40,000 and 60,000. To find out more about Harvard offering free tuition for families making less than $40,000 a year visit Harvard's financial aid website at: http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/daily/2006/03/30-finaid.html; or call the school's financial aid office at (617) 495-1581.
Wow! Very impressive! Hope that's still around if my sweet pea...oh wait, I'm pretty sure you have to be all kinds of DRIVEN to get into Harvard in the first place...still, that's GREAT!
ReplyDeleteOr, y'know, you might not have to be totally driven just to get in, 'cause my brother got in and he wasn't particularly driven. But I think you have to be REALLY driven to stay in...
ReplyDeletewow, that's pretty amazing. My cousin is going to Brown this year and she is paying zero dollars....but she got a full ride scholorship. anyways...
ReplyDeleteyou are always a plethora of interesting information! :)
Did you have a nice Thanksgiving?
Thank you for that information!!I some relative that would be interested in this.
ReplyDeleteWOW...that's pretty cool. I mean, seriously! Harvard would be a pretty impressive college to have show up on a resume.
ReplyDeleteWonder if it's too early to register Jayla? :-)
Wow that would be awesome unfortunately we don't qualify :(
ReplyDeletehi melanie. long time no message, so just wanted to give you a shout out. Jamaica is oh so warm :):)...Sorry :)
ReplyDeleteMan what a great deal.. not that I would have ever made it into Harvard, but... LOL.
ReplyDeletecorey my cousins at Brown as well what year is your cousin in? I know the school is big but by some chance they might have passed each other!!!
ReplyDeleteThat is a great step. . . wish I had the opportunity to do that when I was going into undergrad so I would not be under the weight of these loans I am still paying off (not that I would be caught dead in Harvard).
ReplyDeleteOf course, if we Americans were more serious about funding nation-wide education at all levels in an egalitarian way perhaps more kids from lower income families might be prepared to actually get into and stay in schools like Harvard.