<p>there was a new article about this financial aid policy on the cornell sun yesterday…</p>
<p>basically, what i got from it was that…</p>
<p>Cornell is losing URM to other colleges that offer comparable packages…thus Cornell needs to offer a better deal (less loans) to URM and recruited ATHLETES…</p>
<p>in a game of numbers, Cornell is losing out on URM % so that means this is an investment Cornell is making to try to bolster itself up!</p>