<p>^^The WSJ article also mentions Cornell lowering its threshold for loan-free fin/aid from $75,000 to $60,000 beginning Fall 2013. However, Dartmouth may have been unfairly singled out. According to this March 2012 article in the student paper, the Dartmouth board of trustees actually <em>raised</em> its threshold from $75,000 to $100,000:
[TheDartmouth.com:</a> Trustees raise no-loan threshold](<a href=“http://thedartmouth.com/2012/03/05/news/trustees]TheDartmouth.com:”>http://thedartmouth.com/2012/03/05/news/trustees)</p>
<p>Good catch, dcsmiss. ;)</p>