In absolute terms, our best offers can be viewed as sufficient. For example, the estimated cost (tuition, fees, room and board, and incidentals) to a resident graduate student for 2006-2007 is $19,017. A financial aid package consisting of a GAT with its accompanying tuition reimbursement and a $5000 fellowship will completely cover this amount. Nevertheless, there is evidence that competitors’ offers may be higher both absolutely (due to higher tuition or cost of living elsewhere) and relatively (schools are offering packages that more than cover their university’s estimated expenses.) While we would not want to do this for all of our graduate students, in order to get the very best Ph.D. students we will have offer packages substantially above the university’s estimated cost.
Recommendations
• Develop endowment funds for graduate (“bridge”) fellowships for Masters students. As outlined above, we currently devote a certain amount of our fellowship money to $1000......

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Title: Graduate Student Ecruitment And Financial Aid
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