Harvard University’s medical school is the latest arm of the institution to cut costs for students whose families aren’t rich.
The school’s dean, Jeffrey Flier, announced Friday that the school would increase its spending on scholarships by $7-million annually and would simultaneously decrease the amount that families with incomes of less than $120,000 are required to contribute towards the $65,000-a-year cost of a Harvard medical education.
The announcement follows the university’s decision in December to increase aid for undergraduates from middle-income families, and an announcement Tuesday that the university’s law school would waive the third-year tuition for students if they agree to spend at least five years in public-service jobs after graduation. —Lawrence Biemiller
