Princeton University has increased undergraduate costs by 2.9 percent for next year, according to Bloomberg. The increase will raise the total amount students must pay to $47,020 a year, including tuition, fees and room and board. Princeton's endowment, like Dartmouth's, has decreased and "may be down as much as 25 percent" by next July, Princeton President Shirley Tilghman said, according to Bloomberg. In addition to the increase in costs, the school increased scholarships by 13 percent, to $104 million. Cornell University recently announced a cost increase of 4 percent for its endowed schools and 7.2 percent for all others, while the majority of the Ivy League has yet to announce its cost increases for next year, Bloomberg reported.
The number of applications to Brown University increased by 21 percent this year, according to The Brown Daily Herald. The university processed nearly 25,000 applications for the Class of 2013, a school record, The Herald reported. Brown Dean of Admissions James Miller told The Herald that the school's aid initiatives, including the elimination of loans for students with families earning less than $100,000 a year, may have contributed to the increase. Brown also increased recruiting in southern and western states, and that this may have contributed to particular increases in those regions, according to The Herald. Early decision applications at Brown decreased by approximately 100 applications, to 2,348, The Herald reported.
The Thayer School of Engineering held its Winter Engineering and Technology Career Fair on Tuesday. The fair allowed students and employers to connect and discuss career options, according to the Thayer School's web site. All Dartmouth students and alumni were invited. Firms in attendance included Microsoft, General Electric and the Marine Corps Officer Program. Around 40 students stopped at the Microsoft booth alone, Microsoft Program Manager Paul Lorah said. A student in the Thayer School's Master of Engineering Management program who attended the fair said some fields, including health care, were not as well represented as she would have liked, but that there were many representatives from businesses in fields like mechanical engineering.
