ThinkBeat an hour ago

Does this mean that nobody will be paying for their education at Harvard anymore.

Somewhere around 80% ¹of the households in the US make less than $200.000 commbined.

If being accpeted as a student is fully merit based, the pool of outstanding students in the 80% pool should be more than large enough to consume all available spots.

Then nobody would be paying?

¹ https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/percentage-... https://www.statista.com/statistics/758502/percentage-distri...

  • bryanlarsen 44 minutes ago

    43% of Harvard students are legacies. I am fairly confident that a lot less than 80% of Harvard legacy admissions have less than $200,000 family income.

memhole an hour ago

Nice they’re expanding it to include more people. When I was looking at applying to colleges one of the major themes I saw about going to ivy schools is culture differences. You’re mixing low income students with middle and higher. Their life experiences and how they relate to each other can be very different. That can definitely affect academic success and degree completion

a2tech an hour ago

It’ll be interesting to see if these programs can continue with the shifting funding landscape in higher education. With government money no longer being a guarantee I could see a lot of places stepping back from these kind of programs.

  • bryanlarsen an hour ago

    Maybe others will, but the Harvard endowment is $53B. The anti-DEI sentiment and environment might affect things but the threat of funding cuts is fairly minor.