Tag: Harvard Financial Aid Initiative

  • Campus & Community

    No ceilings

    In 2004, Harvard announced an initiative to make the University more accessible to low-income families by expanding recruitment and eliminating parental contributions for eligible students. Since then, 1,900 students have taken advantage of the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative. Here’s how the program changed the lives of some of its first alumni.

    16 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Yielding strong results

    More than three-quarters of the 2,110 students admitted to Harvard’s Class of 2014 say they will attend the College.

    4 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    A historic year for Harvard admissions

    Harvard admits 2,110 out of more than 30,000 applicants to the Class of 2014, a 6.9 percent acceptance rate. More than 60 percent of the new students will receive need-based scholarships averaging $40,000.

    12 minutes