Harvard University Announcement

> No tuition and no student loans

>

> Harvard University announced over the weekend that from now on

> undergraduate students from low-income families will pay no tuition. In

> making the announcement, Harvard's president Lawrence H. Summers said,

> "When only ten percent of the students in elite higher education come

> from families in the lower half of the incom e distribution, we are not

> doing enough. We are not doing enough in bringing elite higher

> education t o the lower half of the income distribution. "

>

> If you know of a family earning less than $60,000 a year with an honor

> student graduating from high school soon, Harvard University wants to

> pay the tuition. The prestigious university recently announced that

> from now on undergraduate students from low-income families can go to

> Harvard for free... no tuition and no student loans!

>

> To find out more about Harvard offering free tuition for families

> making less than $60,000 a year, visit Harvard's financial aid website

> at : http://www.fao. fas.harvard. edu/ or call the school's financial

> aid office at (617) 495-1581.