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The university is not the first in CT to eliminate loans from financial aid packages, though many schools haven't taken on a no-loans policy.
Wesleyan University has agreed to pay for emergency contraception and abortions for all students. The move comes after a petition gained over 700 signatures.
The bill, largely pushed by legislators for Middletown where Wesleyan is located, would allow municipalities to tax Connecticut's 14 private universities.
Founded in 1831, Wesleyan University is a rural private liberal arts institution located in the heart of Middletown, Connecticut. The highly selective university offers undergraduate, graduate ...
Wesleyan University recently joined at least 40 other colleges across the country that have either entirely, or partially, taken steps to eliminate loans from their financial aid packages.
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - Wesleyan University in Connecticut has announced that it's ending legacy admissions. The Supreme Court ruling ending affirmative action last month prompted the decision to stop ...
Wesleyan announced their new policy change, but many schools are expected to hang on to legacy admissions for financial reasons.
Wesleyan University in Middletown says it will formally end admission preference for “legacy applicants.” The announcement comes after a United States Supreme Court decision in June that ...
As it campaigns to extend tenure protection to Wesleyan University's adjunct instructors, the American Association of University Professors argued that the university's finances could absorb the cost.
A liberal arts university in Connecticut says it will now cover the costs of any student who wishes to get an abortion or a Plan B contraceptive, regardless of their insurance status. Wesleyan ...
Wesleyan, a highly selective liberal arts university in Connecticut, now joins an array of prestigious schools that have ended legacy admissions – including MIT, Amherst and Carnegie Mellon.