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UW promises to fund tuition, fees for school’s poorest students
By Nick Perry <mailto:nperry@seattletimes.com>
Seattle Times staff reporter

The low-income students attending the University of Washington will
never be required to pay tuition or fees – guaranteed.
UW President Mark Emmert announced a new program he’s calling the Husky
Promise during his annual speech to faculty and students Wednesday.
Under the program, students whose family income is at or below 65
percent of the state’s median income won’t have to pay tuition "ever,"
he said.
The program is expected to cover about 5,000 undergraduates at all
three
campuses, about one-fifth of all undergraduates. A family of four with
an income of $46,500 or less would qualify.
Right now, none of the students in that income category pay any tuition
or fees, said Kay Lewis, the UW’s director of student financial aid.
Rather, the tab is picked up through a combination of federal Pell
Grants, state need grants and UW money. That arrangement will continue.
But Emmert’s program provides future certainty in a time of rising
tuition and stagnant federal funding, she added.
The timing of the announcement also coincides with a UW push for the
Legislature to either increase funding or to allow the UW to raise
tuition itself, a function the Legislature has traditionally
controlled.
As part of that push, Emmert has long promised to increase the UW’s
commitment to financial aid. This year, in-state tuition and fees come
to just under $6,000.
Emmert said he’s heard constant criticism that the UW is elitist,
arrogant and aloof – that it’s a "rich kids’ school."
"The University of Washington never has been, and never will be, an
elitist university; it’s not in our DNA," Emmert said.
He said that message is borne out by the fact that one-third of
students
are among the first generation in their families to attend college,
that
31 percent of students come from families earning below the median
income and that the UW ranks highly among its peers for the number of
students receiving Pell Grants. Lower-income students at the UW
currently receive about $44 million in federal and state aid and an
additional $25 million from the UW. The UW’s portion comes from a
combination of scholarships and from a small amount of money set aside
from each student’s regular tuition.
Emmert’s Husky Promise program is expected to be ratified by the Board
of Regents next week and would take effect next fall. It would cost
little initially but within six years would cost the UW an additional
$1.6 million to $2.8 million annually, according to officials.

Nick Perry: 206-515-5639 or nperry@seattletimes.com
Copyright (c) 2006 The Seattle Times Company

First Year Students

University of Baltimore Office of Admissions

The University of Baltimore is pleased to open enrollment to 100-140 first year students for the fall of 2007.

At the University of Baltimore, we specialize in knowledge that works.  UB is a career-oriented, public university that encourages lifelong learning and civic engagement. Our goal is to help guide you toward professional success and give you the versatile skills necessary to keep moving forward. As a freshman, you will work in small groups and work closely with experienced professors, linking academic theory to real-world experience. When you graduate, you’ll join a dynamic alumni community of leaders in law, business, public policy, technology, criminal justice and the arts.

On September 26, 2006, the University officially announced the UB First Scholars program, made possible by the generosity of a private donor.  The program will cover tuition and fees for all new first-year students enrolling in fall 2007. Applicants must meet Maryland residency requirements and accept any federal and state grant aid for which they qualify. Students must apply for admission by the February 15, 2007 application filing deadline and submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by March 1, 2007.