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PROGRAM SUCCESS – JANUARY 2010
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education to the lower half of the income
distribution.”
Harvard University
Waves Tuition for Undergraduates
of Low-Income Families
Harvard University released a statement recently
that from now on undergraduate students from
low-income families will not have to pay tuition.
When making this announcement Harvard’s
president, Lawrence H. Summers said, “When
only ten percent of the students in elite higher
education come from families in the lower half of
the income distribution, we are not doing enough.
We are not doing enough in bringing elite higher
This new program means that undergraduate
students from families whose income is less
than $60,000 a year can attend Harvard for
free. The University will pick up their tuition
which means no student loans.
Please share this information with all family
and friends, even if you do not have a college
aged child at home. To find out more about
Harvard offering free tuition to low-income
families, visit Harvard’s financial aid website
http://www.fao.fas.harvard.edu, call Harvard’s
financial aid office at [phone],
or contact Michelle Fowler at State
Representative Jennifer Carroll’s office
[phone]