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

The Daily Northwestern


Communication first-year Brett Mayfield. Mayfield wrote a viral Twitter thread on the difficulties of being a low-income student on campus

Swimming upstream: Low-income students struggle with NU’s culture of wealth

March 7, 2019

Communication first-year Brett Mayfield grew up in Welch, Oklahoma, a small town of about 600 people, where it was normal to have few clothes. At Northwestern, Mayfield soon realized that his new friends...

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...

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...

Northwestern joins pledge to recruit more low- and moderate-income students

January 10, 2018

Northwestern recently joined more than 80 colleges and universities in a pledge to recruit more low- and moderate-income students by 2025. The American Talent Initiative works with universities that...

The Class of 2019 shows purple pride in Deering Meadow during Wildcat Welcome. Northwestern received 4,058 Early Decision applications as of Tuesday, associate provost for University enrollment Michael Mills said.

Early Decision applications increase by about 6 percent this year

December 5, 2017

Northwestern received about 6 percent more Early Decision applications than last year, associate provost for University enrollment Michael Mills told The Daily in an email. As of Tuesday, NU had received...

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