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Meaghan Hardy Smith


Meaghan Hardy Smith is the Associate Dean of Financial Aid at Tufts.

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Op-ed: Setting the record straight on Tufts’ financial aid practices

The Tufts Daily’s investigative article on financial aid (“Tufts students face midyear financial aid cuts, miscommunication from administration,” April 23) provides an incomplete and misleading picture of the state of financial aid at Tufts University. While we always want to hear from families when they have concerns about financial aid and while student perspectives are essential to understanding their lived experiences, it is also important that news articles on these topics accurately reflect institutional context and regulatory requirements. In this case, the articleomitsor does not fully explain the following important information, all of which was provided to the Daily prior to publication.

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