[NU Sports] NU Names Morton Schapiro as new President

[Dennis W. Brandt]

Do student still work "board jobs" as they called them in the mid-60s?  I 
worked for every meal I ate in four years (not counting Pizzeria Uno/Due).

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Labbe" <johnl at mac.com>
To: "Michael Vance" <michael.vance at att.net>
Cc: "NU Sports List" <nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 11:29 PM
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] NU Names Morton Schapiro as new President


> 1) I don't think you have to worry about NU reducing its financial aid 
> packages.  If anything, elite schools have been increasing financial  aid 
> recently to compete for the best students regardless of financial  need.
>
> 2) Indeed, that's apparently what's happened at Williams.  If you read 
> all the FAQs at that site, you'll see that 100% of each student's 
> financial need is met with grants and no loans.
> http://www.williams.edu/admission/finaid_faq.php?id=1#1
>
> 3) Although NU hasn't entirely eliminated loans in its financial aid 
> packages, this past year it eliminated loans for students with the 
> greatest need and capped loans at $20,000 over 4 years.  Any financial 
> need in excess of $20,000 over four years is satisfied with grants,  and 
> students with the greatest need don't have to take out any loans.
> See 
> http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2008/01/noloanpolicy.html
>
> 4) Keep in mind that this all applies to a student's "need" as  calculated 
> by the financial aid office.  Frequently the expected  family contribution 
> as determined by the university is more than the  family wants to 
> contribute.  Therefore, many students will still take  out loans to meet 
> the difference between the university's expected  family contribution and 
> the actual family contribution.
>
>
>
> On Dec 17, 2008, at 9:27 PM, Michael Vance wrote:
>
>> And replaced them with...?  Did they increase grant money or not  just 
>> make so that if you can't afford it, you can't go there?  If  the latter, 
>> then I certainly hope Schapiro doesn't try to institute  something 
>> similar at NU.  (Disclaimer: I'm not just saying that  because I work for 
>> Sallie Mae.  NU isn't even a Sallie Mae school.)   Loans should be the 
>> financial aid of last resort, but sometimes they  are necessary.
>>
>> -M
>>
>> Evan Bradley wrote:
>>> Williams has eliminated loans from their financial aid packages:
>>>
>>> http://www.williams.edu/admission/finaid_faq.php?id=7
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Jonathan Michael Hawkins
>>> <spiritu at northwestern.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://www.northwestern.edu/newpresident/
>>>>
>>>> I've been looking for some stories about Schapiro and college  sports; 
>>>> he's
>>>> definitely taken an interest in the subject at Williams:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/other/2005-06-17-directors-cup_x.htm
>>>>
>>>> http://www.trincoll.edu/AboutTrinity/leadership/jones/inauguration/schapiro.htm?WBCMODE=PresentationUnpub%2CPresentationUnpub%2CPresent
>>>>
>>>> http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1026963/index.htm
>>>>
>>>> http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/williams-college/520547-sports-culture.html
>>>>
>>>> http://www.ephblog.com/archives/images/athletic_report.htm
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>> In the non-athletics realm, I'm very, very interested to see what an
>>>> economist with an eye towards making education more affordable to 
>>>> acquire
>>>> does for NU.  It'll be entirely too late for me (and the  ridiculous 
>>>> debt
>>>> load NU has put me into), but I am very hopeful that at the helm  of a
>>>> prominent University located in a newly-nationally-relevant city, 
>>>> Schapiro
>>>> can make some g
>>>> good changes.
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts on either?
>>>>
>>>> J
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