In this series, a writer explores the everyday struggles of being a low-income student at Northwestern. In my last column, I discussed the requirement I saw on many internship applications: “Previous internship experience is required.” This creates an unnecessary barrier to students who can’t afford to have previous unpaid inte...

More than half of Northwestern students are sharing a record number of financial aid. This year, 51 percent of students, not including athletes, will receive a fraction of the allotted $118 million — an 11.4 percent increase...