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Families with annual incomes of less than $45,000 will not be expected to contribute to the cost of tuition at Stanford University, and the requirements for middle-income families will be cut in half. The change applies to both new and continuing undergraduate students.
"When Jane and Leland Stanford created the university, they wanted students admitted based on their abilities, promise and willingness to work hard and not on whether or not they could pay the cost of tuition," Shaw said. "With this new program, we are telling talented students from families with low to moderate incomes that they should apply with confidence. If they are admitted, we'll cover their costs."
During the current academic year, parents of enrolled students with incomes below $45,000 contributed an average $2,650 toward educational costs. Under the new program, that contribution will be eliminated. Parents with incomes between $45,000 and $60,000 will see their expected contribution reduced to an average of $3,800. The changes will affect more than 1,100 students.
"Students from low-income backgrounds are underrepresented at our nation's most selective institutions," Shaw said. "Stanford has historically had a strong financial aid program for low-income students. But many families may not know that or may be discouraged by the stated tuition. So we want to be more forceful with this new program in encouraging talented low-income students to consider Stanford." Stanford Report, 3/ 15/06
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Teens are getting the message Teens are getting the message. Not long ago, even teens that never used drugs felt that most of the cool kids did. The 12th annual survey conducted by Partnership for a Drug-Free America, released November 1999, found that 40 percent of teens felt "really cool" kids did not use drugs. By comparison, only 35 percent of those surveyed in 1998 agreed with that statement. The tide appears to be turning. Communicating with our teens and preteens (listening even more than talking) can accelerate this wonderful trend. Alan Greene MD FAAP
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Back to After-School As the school year starts up again, more parents are concerned with the hours after school than with school itself, according to a survey commissioned by a national nonprofit coalition of more than 2,000 police chiefs, sheriffs, prosecutors and former victims of crime. The group is called Fight Crime: Invest in Kids. Their research indicates that the hours between when the last school bell rings and 6 pm are the peak hours for kids to commit a crime, to be in a car crash, to have sex, to engage in prostitution, to smoke, to drink, or to use drugs. This is also the peak time for innocent kids to be the victims of crime. Parents are right to be concerned. Each day in the U.S., more than 10 million children are home alone after school, or hanging out at shopping malls (or elsewhere) without supervision. Whether it is a parent home in the afternoon, or a quality after-school program, focusing on these key hours is an important way to invest in our children and in our society. Kids after-school deserve our care, our attention, and our support. Our youth will require our time, our attention, and our money one way or the other. How much better to choose how we will make this investment, rather than to wait until it is decided for us! August 2003
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