Featured series 
Tag: Financial Aid
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Campus & Community
Dream journey
Varsha Varman is a step closer to reaching her goals thanks in part to financial aid from Harvard.
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Campus & Community
Seizing his chance to grow
Harvard’s Financial Aid Initiative has helped Michael Wingate make the most of his education.
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Campus & Community
From the ‘Fruit Belt’ to the lab
A Harvard senior bound for medical school explains how financial aid made Harvard possible, and opened doors to her future.
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Campus & Community
Turning College dreams into reality
Shaunte Butler ’14 studied neurobiology as an undergraduate and is now in her first year at Yale Medical School. For the Miami native whose single mother worked two jobs to raise her children, Harvard’s generous financial aid helped make her College dreams a reality.
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Campus & Community
A budget surplus, but a cautious outlook
Harvard had a budget surplus in the 2016 fiscal year, but forecasts are for tight revenues in the years ahead from endowment, tuition, and federal funding sources, Harvard’s chief financial officer said.
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Campus & Community
Gift from Jeremy Lin ’10 funds financial aid and Lavietes Pavilion renovation
A $1 million gift from Brooklyn Nets guard Jeremy Lin ’10 will go towards supporting the Harvard Financial Aid initiative and improvements to the Lavietes Pavilion.
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Campus & Community
Champions for financial aid
Tim and Michele Barakett’s $25 million gift to The Campaign for Arts and Sciences will extend the impact of financial aid for undergraduates.
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Campus & Community
Toward a path less riddled
Research by doctoral student Anthony Abraham Jack has left a mark on campus life.
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Campus & Community
New ‘startup’ grants
For incoming freshmen to Harvard College’s Class of 2020, ‘start-up’ grants will help ease the pressures of everyday expenses.
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Campus & Community
Endowment posts 5.8% return
Harvard University announced today that its endowment posted a 5.8 percent return and was valued at $37.6 billion, an all-time high, for the fiscal year that ended June 30.
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Campus & Community
977 admitted to Class of 2019 under Early Action
Harvard College on Dec. 11 sent admission notifications to 977 prospective students through its Early Action program.
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Campus & Community
Harvard continues to face ‘foundational financial pressures’
Executive Vice President Katie Lapp and Treasurer Paul Finnegan spoke with the Gazette about Harvard’s financial landscape and the ongoing financial pressure facing the University.
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Campus & Community
Harvard University endowment delivers 15.4% return for fiscal year 2014
Harvard University announced today that its endowment posted a 15.4 percent return and was valued at $36.4 billion for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014. The fiscal year 2014 endowment return was 82 basis points in excess of the 14.6 percent return on the benchmark Policy Portfolio.
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Campus & Community
82 percent of admitted to attend
Nearly 82 percent of the students admitted to the Class of 2018 will matriculate at Harvard College, which would be the highest percentage to attend since slightly more than 83 percent of those admitted to the Class of 1973 came in 1969.
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Campus & Community
Progress report: The Harvard Campaign
The Harvard Gazette spoke with five members of Harvard’s governing boards, who also serve as co-chairs of the Harvard Campaign, to discuss Harvard’s fundraising effort, the environment in which it is occurring, its priorities, and its meaning to the co-chairs who give their time to execute it.
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Campus & Community
Meaningful meal
Donors and students recently gathered for the Celebration of Scholarships dinner, an annual event that brings together students who benefit from financial aid with donors who support the program.
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Campus & Community
College admits Class of ’18
Harvard College has sent admission notifications to 2,023 students, 5.9 percent of the applicant pool of 34,295. Included are record numbers of African-American and Latino students, who constitute 11.9 and 13 percent of the admitted class, respectively.
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Campus & Community
Kenneth Griffin makes largest gift in Harvard College history
Harvard University announced today that alumnus Kenneth Griffin, A.B. ’89, founder and chief executive officer of Citadel, has made the largest gift in Harvard College history. The $150 million gift is principally focused on supporting Harvard’s financial aid program.
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Campus & Community
Applications remain high
Applications to Harvard have remained near record highs for the fourth year in a row. This year, 34,295 sought admission to the Class of 2018.
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Campus & Community
992 admitted under Early Action
Admission notifications have been sent under the Early Action program to 992 prospective members of the Harvard College Class of 2018.
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Campus & Community
The start that comes with aid
Approximately 60 percent of Harvard College students receive need-based scholarship aid, and 20 percent of families pay nothing. To keep Harvard College affordable for students from nearly every financial background, funding for this program is one of six top priorities in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ Capital Campaign.
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Campus & Community
Harvard launches Arts and Sciences campaign
FAS Dean Michael D. Smith formally launched the $2.5 billion Harvard Campaign for Arts and Sciences on Saturday morning at a standing-room only alumni event at Sanders Theatre.
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Campus & Community
Making the Harvard College Connection
Harvard College today announced a new initiative to encourage promising students from modest economic backgrounds to attend and complete college. It will use social media, video, and other Web-based communications, along with traditional forms of outreach, to connect high school students to Harvard and to other public and private colleges.
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Campus & Community
The future is now for FAS
Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith recently spoke about the priorities for the coming campaign and his vision for the FAS.
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Campus & Community
Harvard University endowment earns 11.3% return for fiscal year
Harvard University announced today that its endowment posted an 11.3 percent return and was valued at $32.7 billion for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2013.
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Nation & World
Cooperating in educating
The Harvard Campaign will help support growing advancements in interdisciplinary collaboration and integrated knowledge across the University.
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Campus & Community
Harvard kicks off fundraising effort
Harvard University kicked off the public phase of a $6.5 billion fundraising campaign today, designed to benefit key priorities during constrained financial times. If successful, it would be the largest ever in higher education.
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Campus & Community
Managing a ‘seismic shift’
Harvard simultaneously faces stiff economic challenges and evolving opportunities, President Drew Faust said in her opening-of-year speech.
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Campus & Community
Financial Aid: A University-Wide Commitment | One Harvard
A glance at Harvard’s University-wide commitment to financial aid, the foundation of Harvard’s effort to attract the most qualified students across the nation and around the world
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Campus & Community
One Harvard
One Harvard is a compilation of stories that illustrate the powerful outcomes that result from multi-School collaborations across the University.