Article: Financial aid tops Bowdoin College campaign goals

Adam Baber
University Wire
12-29-2004
(Bowdoin Orient) (U-WIRE) BRUNSWICK, Maine -- An expansion of the financial aid endowment tops the list of priorities in Bowdoin College's recently launched capital campaign, a move administrators say will help keep financial aid funding secure for the next five to ten years.

The current financial aid endowment stands at $165 million, or approximately a third of Bowdoin's entire endowment of $520 million. College officials hope that the capital campaign will bring in about $80 million for the financial aid endowment.

In increasing the financial aid endowment, the College will ensure that it can stay need-blind in its admissions process. Bowdoin has been ...

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