Those of you on sharenotes.com that are attending Harvard with the hopes of entering the field of public law just lost a big incentive program. Previously Harvard’s program allowed a free year of tuition to students that planned on practicing public law post graduation. Good news is if you are already there the school is going to honor the program, however future classes will not receive the benefit of the program.
You might not think that this program effects too many students, however one of the reasons why Harvard had suspend the program was because they had more student than excepted. I guess there are a lot of public defenders out there! Free tuition at Harvard? It’s hard to say no! The program stipulates that the student agree to serve in the public sector for 5 years, after which they are free to do as they please.
Regardless of the amount of students the real problem is that Harvard announced last month that they were running a 110 Million dollar deficit. As a result jobs have been lost within the university, professors reduced and more cuts are on the way. Sadly this just seems to be another of a long line of universities, private or public that are suffering from the downturn in the economy.
Sadly the condition of the economy is causing students to rethink their careers, their loans, and tuition. It’s also causing schools to have to make tough choices in what programs they are able to offer and how many professors they are able to keep employed. As both schools and students struggle to make their way we all try to find some kind of balance so that we can get a quality affordable education and hopefully a job once we’re done. No doubt everyone on sharenotes.com has felt the cuts and changed at each of your schools. If you’d like to share your experiences, leave you comments below and join the discussion.
