Harvard - Expensive (or Not?)

Harvard Law, Hoping Students Will Consider Public Service, Offers Tuition Break
By JONATHAN D. GLATER
Published: March 18, 2008. New York Times.
The program would save students more than $40,000 in tuition and follows the recent announcement of a sharp increase in financial aid to Harvard’s undergraduates.

As I mentioned on my blog a few months ago, Harvard has implemented a new tuition scheme for undergraduates that can make Harvard tuition much more affordable for families with incomes under $180,000. Today's New York Times story is about a tuition break for 3rd year law students. Law students who are willing to commit 5 years to non-profit or government work will receive a full-tuition grant for their 3rd year of law school.

The program will be in full effect for the students who enter the program in this fall (2008). There will be partial tuition grants for students already enrolled. That means that the PHC alum who is already at Harvard is only eligible for $10,000, if he chooses to take advantage of the program. While the PHC alum who announced this spring that she was accepted at Harvard will be available for a full-tuition grant her third year, if she chooses to attend Harvard and if she chooses to participate in the program.