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Wesleyan University has reversed an earlier policy and admitted students to the class of 1987 regardless of their financial situation. The change resulted in a six-year high in the number of Black applicants and graphically demonstrated what many have been saying for a long time money makes a difference in where people go to college.
"I tend to think we're going to have to gear our admissions policy towards letting less affluent students know that financial aid is available," said Dean of Admissions Karl Furstenburg.
Officials cited larger than expected amounts of federal financial aid and smaller average aid requests as the primary factors in their decision to admit this year's students aid-blind. The Wesleyan Argus
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