After receiving a “failing” grade from the U.S. Department of Education for saddling students with high levels of debt, Harvard’s American Repertory Theater Institute—a graduate dramaturgy program—has frozen its admissions for fall 2017.No word yet from Harvard's oppression studies departments on this one.
The Department of Education released a list of hundreds of colleges and universities that failed federal standards for student debt last week, putting the programs at risk of losing taxpayer-funded financial aid from the government. The A.R.T. Institute, a two-year program which admits roughly 23 students per year, was one of few nonprofit institutions to receive a failing grade: 98 percent of the failing schools were for-profit.
University spokesperson David Cameron wrote in an emailed statement that the A.R.T Institute will put a “temporary pause” on the program, and will not enroll a class of 2019 due to the “uncertainty surrounding the availability of federal aid for prospective students.”
“This temporary pause on the two-year master’s program does not affect the students currently enrolled in the acting, dramaturgy, and voice programs,” Cameron wrote. “Rather, it enables the A.R.T. to evaluate the program and undertake vital strategic planning to address, among other things, student funding mechanisms.”
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
After 'Failing' Debt Grade from Federal Gov., Harvard's A.R.T. Institute Freezes Admissions
The Harvard Crimson reports:
