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Article: Pell Grant increase to have little effect for Harvard students
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- University Wire
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- April 10, 2001
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Nicole B. Usher
University Wire
04-10-2001
(Harvard Crimson) (U-WIRE) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The U.S. Senate voted last week by a narrow margin to increase federal funding for college tuition by $250 billion over the next 10 years. But the increase will be mostly symbolic for need-blind colleges like Harvard University.
While the extra federal funds will provide a $600 addition to the non-merit-based Pell Grants, increasing the maximum amount of federal aid to $4,350, the federal government's commitment to reducing the cost of higher education will hardly be felt by students receiving Harvard financial aid packages.
"It won't change the way we distribute financial aid," said Sally C. Donahue, ...