Yale Daily News

Updated: Sunday, November 22, 2009 11:46 a.m.

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New grad. stipend a boon to students

Published Friday, February 15, 2008

For students in the social sciences and humanities the announcement that we will now receive year-round funding is music to the ears. This increase in funding is not only a solution to financial concerns but also affirms the importance of our work.

In the past, humanities students have worked year-round but found it difficult to fund themselves during the summer months. It is true that during my time at Yale, the summer funding package increased from $3,000/summer for the first two summers to $3,700/summer for any three summers, but this still left us piecing together support for...

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