Financial Aid Reform: Equality of Access, Experience, and Opportunity for All

Our demands for reform are summarized in the Undergraduate Organizing Committee's financial aid reform platform, which came out of conversations among over 300 undergraduates. Read the complete platform, and get more informtation about our campaign, at the UOC website at www.yaleuoc.com. We wrote the platform in October and have since delivered it to President Levin multiple times. Levin refused our demand to meet with him by Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, turning down several requests to discuss our platform with students. When refusing to meet with us on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, he announced the financial aid-themed open forum that took place on this past Tuesday evening. However, at the open forum, Levin showed little understanding of the financial aid process and disrespected the hundreds of students in the room expressing support for financial aid reform. He made no commitment to reform and spoke to students for fewer than 30 minutes. He blew off This is not acceptable; the time has come for reform. We are demanding reform to the self-help and parent contributions, and we are demanding it now.

Please join us outside the Admissions Office, 38 Hillhouse Av., at any time today. The word has come in from folks outside that tours have been rerouted to the Visitors Center and prospective students are no longer being encouraged to enter the office, so we know we're making progress. We'll keep you updated, folks.