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Harvard Offers Middle-Class Parents Help*

OPINION

Dec 31, 2007 3:20 PM CST

Harvard Offers Middle-Class Parents Help*

*And pre-empts legislation far costlier for superrich schools

(Newser) - Generosity isn't what's fueling Harvard’s new $22 million giveaway to the middle class—it’s greed, educational consultant Steven Roy Goodman writes in the Boston Globe. Harvard’s giving the extra financial aid as a PR move, hoping to squash brewing legislation that would force universities to spend 5%...

UK Students Choosing Ivies Over Oxbridge

Dec 24, 2007 8:15 AM CST

UK Students Choosing Ivies Over Oxbridge

Financial aid, academic freedom lure record number of Brits

(Newser) - A record number of British students are forsaking Oxford and Cambridge to apply to elite American schools, the Times of London reports. Lured by more generous financial aid packages and less restrictive curricula, students are crossing the pond to the Ivy League. Yale's applications from Britain, for one, have tripled...

In Higher Education, the Rich Get Richer

Dec 3, 2007 1:08 PM CST

In Higher Education, the Rich Get Richer

Funding gap widens breach between Ivies, public schools

(Newser) - As Ivy League schools upgrade dorms, financial aid, and student-faculty ratios, America’s public universities are losing out, BusinessWeek reports. The "Ivy Plus" schools, which include Stanford and MIT, represent 1% of the US student population but are the richest by far. "We can add resources in almost...

Getting into Harvard not as Easy as P-R-E-P

Dec 1, 2007 4:19 PM CST

Getting into Harvard not as Easy as P-R-E-P

Elite colleges taking more students from abroad, public schools

(Newser) - Ivy-League-seeking parents beware: admissions officers at top schools around the country are looking for more than just the private-school preppie. While private and prep schools still lead the way, a growing percentage of students at elite universities are public school grads and international scholars, the Wall Street Journal reveals. At...

Ivy League Logjam
Trickles Down

May 16, 2007 2:12 PM CDT

Ivy League Logjam Trickles Down

Applications—and rejections—up at second-tier colleges

(Newser) - Top-tier colleges are getting more applicants than ever, the Times reports, allowing a new class of schools to court—and reject—the overachievers increasingly turned away from the Ivy League. Universities like Bucknell, Colgate and Lehigh are tightening standards as students with top SATs and grades seek higher learning lower...

Valedictorians Halted At
Ivy Gates

Apr 5, 2007 8:07 AM CDT

Valedictorians Halted At Ivy Gates

Rejections hit 90% at most prestigious schools

(Newser) - With competition at top colleges more ferocious than ever, most Ivy League schools accepted under 10% of applicants for the first time, the Times reports. Tony schools like Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and Princeton turned away valedictorians and students with perfect SAT scores and GPAs, much to the shock of...