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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 10 percent of the students in Elite higher education come from families 
in 
 lower half of the income distribution, we are not doing enough. We are not 
 doing 
enough in bringing elite higher education to the lower half of the income 
 distribution." 


 If you know of a family earning less than $40,000 a year with an honor student 
 graduating 
from high school soon, Harvard University w ants t o pay the 
 tuition. The prestigious university 
recently announced that from now on 
 undergraduate students from low-in come 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 $40,000 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.
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Black male teachers: 
 
Do you know any Black males who are seniors in high school who want to
go to college out of state for FREE? Several Black Colleges are looking
for future black male teachers and will send them to universities/colleges
for 4 years FREE.  
 
The "Call Me MISTER" program is an effort to address the critical
shortage of African American male teachers particularly among South Carolina's
lowest performing public schools. Program participants are selected
from among under-served, socio-economically disadvantaged and educationally
at-risk communities. The program is a collaboration between Clemson
University and four historically black colleges in South 
Carolina: Benedict College, Claflin University, Morris College and
South Carolina State University. 
 
The project provides: 
a.. Tuition for admitted students pursuing approved programs of study
    at participating colleges.  
b.. An academic support system to help assure their success. 
c.. A cohort system for social and cultural support.
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Visit [ javascript:ol('http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/index.htm');
]http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/index.htm for more details and the
online application or call (800) 640-2657. 
 
PLEASE FORWARD TO AS MANY FRIENDS/FAMILY SO THAT THEY CAN ALSO SPREAD
 THE WORD.
bullet Subject: Penn announces new no-loan financial aid program Today we are
announcing a far reaching new financial aid initiative that will eliminate loans
for financially eligible undergraduate students regardless of family income,
making it possible for students from a broad range of economic backgrounds
to graduate debt-free. Penn's new program is the latest step in our efforts to widen
access for students from all economic backgrounds, by expanding our no-loan program
from low and lower-middle income families to include middle and upper-middle income
families. This new program will begin in September 2008, and include all eligible
undergraduates, not just entering freshmen.  Effective that year, students with
calculated family incomes under $100,000 will receive loan-free aid packages,
while families above that level will receive a 10 percent reduction in need-based
loans. By fall 2009, all undergraduate students eligible for financial aid will receive loan-free
aid packages, regardless of family income level. This is a transformative moment for higher
education and for Penn.  Making a Penn education accessible to students from the broadest
array of economic backgrounds possible is fundamental to our mission. Our nation's young
scholars should not be deterred from pursuing their dreams for fear of being a financial burden
to their families. We began our commitment to increasing access by addressing the needs of
low income and lower middle-income families. We are now responding to the needs of middle
and upper middle-income families, who have carried the greatest debt burden. We are sending
a clear message to them that Penn is committed to supporting them as they seek to provide the
best educational opportunities for their children. We proudly join with a handful of other selective
colleges and universities in eliminating loans from financial aid packages and, of those, we have
the largest undergraduate enrollment. We are fortunate to be launching our new initiative just
months after announcing the Campaign for Penn, which has set a $350 million goal for undergraduate
financial aid endowment that will be used to finance this new program. This new initiative expands
our long-standing commitment to need-blind admissions, which means students are accepted
based on academic achievement, regardless of their ability to pay. Fewer than 50 private
institutions across the nation have need-blind admissions policies and even fewer have financial
aid based exclusively on need. I also want to take this moment to thank each and every member
of our extended Penn family for everything you do to help make Penn the place where revolutionary
ideas, passionate people, and practical pursuits come together to make the most positive difference
in our world. Happy Holidays! You can find more information about this new program at: http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/