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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


The undergraduate financial office, 1801 Hinman Ave. Education Reform Now is advocating for Northwestern to increase its financial aid commitment to low-income students.

Advocacy organization says Northwestern should retool early decision, eliminate legacy admissions

April 24, 2019

In recent years, Northwestern has made low-income admissions a priority, creating and achieving its “20 by 2020” Pell-eligible initiative to have a minimum of 20 percent of incoming classes be made...

Affording NU: Northwestern pushed for low-income students to be on campus. Now it’s time to actually care about their experience

Affording NU: Northwestern pushed for low-income students to be on campus. Now it’s time to actually care about their experience

February 26, 2019

In this series, a writer explores the everyday struggles of being a low-income student at Northwestern. Three years ago, Northwestern announced a new initiative to have 20 percent of the entering class...

Office of Financial Aid, 1801 Hinman Ave. The University’s no-loan policy will be fully implemented next year, but students are struggling with financial options to cover expenses.

No-loan policy to be fully implemented in 2019-2020, but students still grapple with financial aid options

February 5, 2019

With the incoming Northwestern class of 2023, every undergraduate student that qualifies for financial assistance from the University will fall under NU’s no-loan policy, which was introduced in fall...

Provost Jonathan Holloway speaking this month to incoming students, the first class to include 20 percent of students who are Pell Grant eligible. Holloway and President Morton Schapiro announced the update in a welcome email to students.

With new freshman class, Northwestern reaches admissions goal of 20 percent low-income students

September 30, 2018

Northwestern has reached its goal of admitting a class of 20 percent Pell Grant-eligible students, a step toward increasing access for underrepresented students. Amid notes on the University’s U.S....

Srivastava: Financial aid should be expanded to higher income brackets

April 15, 2018

In 2016, Money ranked Northwestern among the richest colleges in the nation, and by the end of the 2017 fiscal year, NU had an endowment of $10.5 billion. But while the University is ranked among the richest...

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