Lehigh Gets $34.2 million for scholarships

Colleges & Universities Lehigh University
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<p>Prospective and current students might be interested in the following news article. </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.mcall.com/news/local/alla1_4lehigh.6411594may17,0,2292582.story[/url]”>http://www.mcall.com/news/local/alla1_4lehigh.6411594may17,0,2292582.story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>To highlight, in case the link doesn’t last:</p>

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<p>that would be great for those with need, but in our experience (and others on this board), they need to be much more aggressive with BOTH need based and merit based scholarship $$…that being said, they were over-enrolled this year, so I guess in the big picture, it doesn’t really matter…</p>

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<p>In today’s competitive higher education climate, they might not need to offer more merit scholarships, as appreciated as it would be for prospective students, simply because students are just happy to get into a school like Lehigh. As you point out, they over-enroll, which means that they have more than enough paying students.</p>

<p>The benefit for the university should be greater diversity, although adding another 30-60 students economically disadvantaged students a year might not make much difference. The article makes it sound as though these are outright grants, repaid through donations to Lehigh in the future, which are much better than loans. This means that the students will start their careers with much less debt.</p>