<p>"In a quiet change to its admissions policy, Beloit College may turn away some potential students if they require significant financial aid packages.</p>
<p>The strategy called "need-sensitive admissions" may sound cruel, but college officials say it actually works to keep the college affordable for most students.</p>
<p>The needy students who would be turned away are those whose academic records are on the borderline of meeting Beloit standards, according to director of enrollment Nancy Benedict, ensuring there is enough aid for those who are fully qualified for the private college.</p>
<p>In the world of college admissions, Beloit's policy represents one side of a debate: Some schools accept everyone who is qualified and then dole out whatever financial aid is available; others, like Beloit, try to make sure everyone who is admitted can afford to attend.</p>
<p>As the current economic downturn is causing college endowments to dip and donations to slow, Beloit's strategy may become more attractive to schools as an enrollment management tool, said Sara Goldrick-Rab, assistant professor of educational policy studies and sociology at UW-Madison. But she said the policy could punish low-income students and lead to less economic diversity...."
WISCONSIN</a> STATE JOURNAL</p>