WSA representatives Micah Feiring ‘11 and Ben Firke 12′ think not.
This Sunday they are bringing a resolution to the WSA that calls on the University not to cut the financial aid budget. To read what they have to say on the issue check out Ben’s post on the WSA blog.
This gem was posted in the “Barter” section of NY Craigslist last weekend:
$200,000 Wesleyan University Coffee Mug, Looking to Trade Up – $1
Available for trade: My Wesleyan University Coffee Mug. This ceramic beauty in pristine condition is perfect for holding 10 oz. of your favorite beverage or organizing your pen and pencil collection on your [...]
Applications are at a record high at top universities (including Wes), but it seems that with shrinking endowments and many more needy students applying, a lot of colleges are finding ways to accept more wealthy applicants and still claim to be need-blind in admissions, like taking more transfer and wait-listed students, or admitting more international [...]
Learn about loan repayment at lunchtime:
Seniors, do you have questions about how to manage your public and private student loans after you graduate? Wondering how payment works, how to defer if you go to grad school, and how to manage your debt? Come for a short talk and some Q & A with [...]
NY Times contributor Sarah Vowell reminisces about the major educational boost she received in college from the financial aid of federally-subsidized Pell Grants, made possible at least in part by Senator Ted Kennedy, and why the Democratic party’s commitment to education is a big deal for college students.NY Times: Op-Ed Contributor: Bringing Pell Grants to [...]
NY Times contributor Sarah Vowell reminisces about the major educational boost she received in college from the financial aid of federally-subsidized Pell Grants, made possible at least in part by Senator Ted Kennedy, and why the Democratic party’s commitment to education is a big deal for college students.NY Times: Op-Ed Contributor: Bringing Pell Grants to [...]
Stanford is the latest college to severely cut costs for students, expanding financial aid well into the middle class. Students from families earning less than $100,000 will pay no tuition under the new system, and families earning less than $60,000 also get a break on room and board. Stanford has the third largest [...]
Stanford is the latest college to severely cut costs for students, expanding financial aid well into the middle class. Students from families earning less than $100,000 will pay no tuition under the new system, and families earning less than $60,000 also get a break on room and board. Stanford has the third largest [...]
You might be aware that last month Harvard radically changed its financial aid policy to greatly benefit students from families with annual incomes of up to $180,000 as well as financially less well-off ones. Not to be outdone, last week Yale announced that it will do the same for students whose families earn up [...]
You might be aware that last month Harvard radically changed its financial aid policy to greatly benefit students from families with annual incomes of up to $180,000 as well as financially less well-off ones. Not to be outdone, last week Yale announced that it will do the same for students whose families earn up [...]
Whoah! Whoah whoah whoah yes. Yes.
“Beginning with the first-year class enrolling in the fall of 2008, most students whose total family incomes are $40,000 per year or less will receive an aid package that substitutes grants for any loan obligation. Beginning with the same class, all other students who receive aid will graduate with [...]
Whoah! Whoah whoah whoah yes. Yes.
“Beginning with the first-year class enrolling in the fall of 2008, most students whose total family incomes are $40,000 per year or less will receive an aid package that substitutes grants for any loan obligation. Beginning with the same class, all other students who receive aid will graduate with [...]
I don’t think I’ll ever get enough of helicopter parents. Not ever, ever. But I reported on the the crazy parents posting about googling their kids’ roommates a few weeks ago and how weird it sounded.
Well, ABC reported today about a literally batshit mother who printed out 44 pages of her daughter’s roommate facebook file [...]
From Inside Higher Ed:
Amherst College announced Thursday that it is eliminating all loans for students, effective with the Class of 2012. In 1999, Amherst eliminated loans for students from families with incomes of less than $40,000, but many students continue to borrow. In 2006-7, almost one third of Amherst students received aid packages that included [...]
Davidson College, a pretty neat liberal arts school down south, just instituted a policy that offers aid aid packages comparable to the new polices some of the Ivies have been introducing– eliminating all loans for low-income students and encouraging careers in public service.
[A]n economist of higher education said he saw the logic to the move. [...]
Anonymous passes on this fascinating article about the presidential vacancies at Wesleyan and Haverford on Inside Higher Ed.
“Let’s start by blowing the whistle on the tired formula for elite higher education — accept only the perfect; incarcerate and coddle for four years; pass on to the dreariest jobs. No clothes on this emperor.When will elites [...]
Anonymous passes on this fascinating article about the presidential vacancies at Wesleyan and Haverford on Inside Higher Ed.
“Let’s start by blowing the whistle on the tired formula for elite higher education — accept only the perfect; incarcerate and coddle for four years; pass on to the dreariest jobs. No clothes on this emperor.When will elites [...]
After four years of being stuck at $4,050 (and hardly being touched at all since Bush took office in 2001), the Congressional Appropriations Committees decides to increase the Pell Grant to $4,310.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts and chairman of the Senate education committee, called the increase “an important down payment by Democrats on [...]
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