Senators request endowment data
Grassley: Schools should spend more to reduce tuition
In the past two months, Yale and Harvard have announced the largest increases in undergraduate financial aid in the respective schools’ histories. But for the Senate Finance Committee, that may not be enough.
As part of its probe into whether universities are generous enough in spending their endowment riches to provide financial aid and head off rising tuition, the committee announced last week that it will request detailed information concerning aid, tuition and endowment spending from more than 100 of America’s wealthiest universities.
And despite their recent...
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By je2010
9:07p.m. on January 28, 2008
We all know the government is very good at looking to the future. And spending wisely. All that jazz.
Please. Would someone have Dean Brenzel confirm to the public that less than 8% of current Yale College students have a US family income in the bottom quartile. Thank you.