送交者: tool2004 于 2006-3-16, 11:39:57:
This essentially shut the mouth of the PKU's or the dirty minds alike. Even in America, poor talented students can still manage to go to Best Private Colleague, not along Public Shools like PKU, THU that were fed by the blood of every peasents and factory worker from the poorest area. Shame on those interest groups at BJ, SH and alike.
I realize that the interest groups are like people taken a long hour train in China. Those who have seats will hate people to come up, because they will take their space, air, etc. Everyone wants to get on, but once they are on the train, they will behave like those who do not want them on for the first place. Shame on human selfishness, a hopeless disease.
Low-Income Students Won't Pay at Stanford
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STANFORD, Calif. - Stanford University, worried about losing talented students to sticker shock, is eliminating tuition for undergraduates from the some of the lowest-income families.
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Under a new program announced Wednesday, students from families with annual incomes of less than $45,000 won't pay tuition. Those with incomes up to $60,000 will pay about $3,800, the school estimates.
"Students from low-income backgrounds are underrepresented at our nation's most selective institutions," said Richard Shaw, Stanford's dean of undergraduate admission and financial aid.
"Many families ... may be discouraged by the stated tuition, so we want to be more forceful with this new program in encouraging talented low-income students to consider Stanford," he said.
Stanford's undergraduate tuition for the next school year will be nearly $33,000. Add in other expenses, such as books and housing, and the cost averages about $47,000.
Stanford already provides strong financial aid. This year, students from families earning less than $45,000 paid an average $2,650, according to the university. The new program, starting for an estimated 1,100 current and new students this fall, is expected to cost the university $3 million in the first year.
Harvard and Princeton are among other elite universities with similar programs.
College costs have been rising fast nationwide. According to the latest survey from the College Board, a nonprofit association based in Washington, D.C., tuition and fees at four-year private institutions rose nearly 6 percent to $21,235 for the 2005-06 academic year from $20,045 in 2004-05, while costs at four-year public institutions went up more than 7 percent to $5,491 from $5,126.