Featured series 
Tag: Financial Aid
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Campus & Community
College accepts 692 under Early Action Program
Class of 2028 invited to attend Visitas on April 14-15
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Campus & Community
Extending financial aid beyond the Yard
Students with zero parent contribution — those whose annual family income is $85,000 or less — will now receive a $2,000 “launch grant” in the fall of their junior year.
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Campus & Community
Class of 2027 yield continues strong trend
Admitted students will benefit from the second expansion of Harvard Financial Aid Initiative in two years.
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Campus & Community
Harvard to expand financial aid starting with Class of ’26
The change aims to ease the pressures of expenses and remove economic barriers to attending Harvard College.
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Campus & Community
1,962 admitted to the Class of 2025
Nearly 85 percent of those admitted to the Class of 2025 say they will come to Harvard in the fall. Financial aid was a significant consideration in many of their decisions, according to William R. Fitzsimmons, dean of admissions.
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Campus & Community
1,980 accepted to the Class of 2024
Harvard College announced that 1,981 have been accepted to the Class of 2024 in regular-action decisions.
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Campus & Community
40,246 apply to College Class of ’24
Harvard expands financial aid to eliminate summer contribution.
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Campus & Community
A fairly bright fiscal 2019
Harvard closed the 2019 fiscal year last June 30 with a surplus. Harvard officials discuss the details of how the University got there.
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Campus & Community
Giving to the next generation
Professor Catherine Dulac used the money from her endowed position to fund the studies of an overloaded neuroscience undergrad.
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Campus & Community
A leg up
The 13th annual Celebration of Scholarship dinner brought together brought together students who have benefited from financial aid and some of the many donors who support the program.
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Nation & World
President Bacow defends higher ed
Giving a talk at the American Enterprise Institute in D.C., Harvard President Larry Bacow reaffirmed his support for colleges and universities and his belief that they can help change the world, despite fears Americans are increasingly questioning the value of a college degree.
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Campus & Community
Harvard Campaign ends, providing enduring investment
The Harvard Campaign, which concluded on July 1, will help “shape and secure Harvard’s future by investing in both the enduring and emerging …”
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Campus & Community
Leveling the playing field
Often, getting into college and paying for it are two very different challenges. That’s where Harvard’s Financial Aid Initiative comes in. By opening the doors to exceptional students regardless of their family income, the initiative has brought more diversity — both racially and economically — to Harvard College.
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Campus & Community
82% of those admitted will join Class of ’22
So far 82 percent of the students admitted to the Class of 2022 have notified Harvard they will matriculate to campus this August.
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Campus & Community
A thanks-giving meal
Donors and recipients gathered in the Northwest Science Building to mark the 12th annual Celebration of Scholarships dinner event.
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Campus & Community
1,962 admitted to Class of ’22
Harvard College has admitted 1,962 to the Class of ’22, out of a record applicant pool of 42,749.
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Campus & Community
Behind the numbers, a deep personal dimension to financial aid
Stories from Haley Catherine Curtin ’18 and other Harvard students illuminate the personal dimension of financial aid.
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Campus & Community
A call to halt endowment tax
Harvard President Drew Faust was among 49 college and university presidents who called on Congress to repeal the endowment tax enacted in December.
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Campus & Community
Harvard evolves and grows, but maintains core mission
Your Harvard series takes President Drew Faust to San Francisco.
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Campus & Community
Spreading the word on college admissions
Seniors Luke Heine and Cole Scanlon developed a college admissions guide in an effort to widen access to higher education.
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Campus & Community
Pride in education, and family
First-generation Harvard graduate Yesenia Ortiz is working in nonprofits in part to help struggling families overcome obstacles like those her parents faced.
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Campus & Community
A campus deeply transformed
The Harvard Kennedy School celebrates the culmination of its campus renewal project.
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Nation & World
The lifeline of endowment aid
Education experts have expressed concern that taxing endowments would harm students and faculty and could impact critical programs and initiatives.
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Campus & Community
Harvard committed record $414 million to financial aid in 2016-17
This past academic year, Harvard distributed a record $414 million in financial aid to students across the University.
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Campus & Community
Looking back, but thinking ahead
Executive Vice President Katie Lapp and Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer Thomas Hollister take a look at the 2017 fiscal year.
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Campus & Community
Learning to navigate the path to college
College & Career Conversations resource fair at the Ed Portal helps parents navigate a realistic path toward college.
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Campus & Community
Freshmen arrive, with boxes
Harvard’s Class of 2021 settles into its dorms with family and friends helping them make the transition on the official move-in day.
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Campus & Community
Drew Faust to step down as Harvard president
Drew Faust, who became Harvard’s 28th president in 2007, has announced that she will step down on June 30, 2018.
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Campus & Community
Support that matters
The annual Celebration of Scholarships dinner brought together students who benefit from financial aid and donors who support the program.
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Campus & Community
Harvard yield highest since 1960s
Nearly 84 percent of students admitted to the Class of 2021 have chosen to matriculate at Harvard College. The last time the yield reached this level was in 1969.
