Article: Brown, Harvard make financial aid appealing to more students

Have an education issue you want aired, or thoughts on the state of education today? Write to Lesson Plan, City Room, The Boston Globe, P.O. Box 2378, Boston, MA 02107-2378, or send e-With two new announcements in the past week, it's now a certified wave of top- flight universities stepping up their financial aid programs to try to appeal to more middle-class students. Brown University announced its new plan over the weekend, and Harvard University announced that it would extend its increased financial aid to graduate students.

The $5 million plan at Brown will begin with students starting at the school this fall, and offer a minimum $1,000 scholarship to those who qualify for ...

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