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...people were crammed six to a single room, there were bathhouses instead of private showers, and lights had to be out by a certain time. There was no centralized course catalogue (a CUE Guide? Forget about it! My.harvard.edu? Are you kidding?). There was no financial aid system (or book fund, or winter clothing fund, or Student Events Fund) to somewhat try to efface felt class differences. There was no grants system that exuded money like ours does, so that we can do anything with an academic, research, public service, or “meaningful” purpose...
...partnerships for self-help are in keeping with the values that Americans esteem,” he said. Dani Rodrik, the Hariri Professor of International Political Economy at the KSG, wrote on his blog that Zoellick’s belief in free trade may limit his ability to aid developing nations. “[Zoellick’s] take on the reforms needed by developing countries remains, as far as I can tell, quite conventional, circa 1980, with a splash of ‘augmented’ Washington Consensus thinking added in,” he wrote...
...that institutions of higher education reaffirm their commitment to allowing all to go to college—regardless of their background—and to protecting intellectual freedom.The rising cost of college tuition makes the need for student loan reform ever more apparent. As most students in need of aid rely heavily on federal loans, Congress’ January decision to cut interest rates on student loans was welcome. But despite its good intentions, Congress did not do enough. The efficacy of its latest effort was tempered by an imminent expiration date and last year’s $12 billion...
Despite a years-long push to increase the diversity—economic and otherwise—of incoming classes, admissions and financial aid officials were blind-sided when, in early 1982, the Reagan Administration announced a plan to cut more than $2 billion in federal support for higher education financial aid...
Harvard, with its deep pockets, was luckier than most other universities. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences was able to draw on its “unrestricted funds” to allocate $5 million for financial aid in 1982, and the aid offered to students was largely unaffected by the Reagan cuts...