Harvard Law Drops Free-Tuition Offer for Public-Service Pledges

Harvard University’s law school is suspending its offer to waive tuition for students who promise to spend five years working for nonprofit groups or the government, citing economic pressures and the program’s surprising popularity, according to The New York Times.

Nearly twice as many students as expected applied for the waiver, introduced two years ago. Martha Minow, the law school’s dean, said the program “was always an experiment,” adding that “what we found is that we had less trouble than we thought encouraging” students to pursue public-interest positions.

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