Harvard Quietly Amasses California Vineyards and the Water Underneath

Re:Harvard Quietly Amasses California Vineyards and the Wate... by kapurs151 on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @03:28PM (#18658567)

Your point is valid, but most Ivy Leagues are need-blind for U.S. citizens (Harvard is need-blind for internationals too) at the undergraduate level and are known for relatively generous financial aid policies [1].

I think these schools are a drop in the proverbial ocean of generating crippling student debt, even for kids graduating from humanities majors.

[1]: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/15/student-borrowers-from-these...

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Re:Harvard Quietly Amasses California Vineyards and the Wate... by uberman on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @03:37PM (#18658629)

Just to be clear.

While, Harvard has some great financial aid policies, the concept of "need blind" applies to a decision to admit, not about the availability or generosity of financial aid (in general).

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Re:Harvard Quietly Amasses California Vineyards and the Wate... by ordinaryradical on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @03:52PM (#18658740)

> I think these schools are a drop in the proverbial ocean of generating crippling student debt, even for kids graduating from humanities majors.

I may have been unclear, but I was talking about my experience in a graduate program, not undergrad.

Obviously the Ivy Leagues are not the only ones guilty here, but my original point was that I have no problem with their giant endowments provided they actually liberate undergraduate and post-graduate students from debt obligations. I think the Ivies could actually become a great model for the U.S. with a little more effort here.

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