Tagged: "Student loans"

March 18, 2008

Claremont-McKenna and Lafayette: Changes in Financial Aid

Two more colleges have readjusted their financial aid policies in the wake of Harvard’s decision to woo the middle classes by offering richer aid packages (which I wrote about here). The changes were reported in Inside Higher Ed: Two more colleges have joined the growing number pledging to eliminate loans for low-income students. Claremont McKenna [...]

March 13, 2008

Columbia Joins the Bandwagon and Changes Financial Aid Policies

Columbia University announced today that it was joining its Ivy League sister institutions in revamping its financial aid policies to make the University more affordable for the middle class. Families with incomes of less than $60,000 will pay nothing. Families with incomes of less than $100,000 will see a significant increase in the amount of [...]