Other universities, in the ongoing quest to diversify their student bodies, have begun testing similar policies.
Columbia University is currently considering a plan similar to the one Yale has instituted. Princeton University was need-blind last year on an ad hoc basis and may continue the policy this year, The New York Times reported.
Yale altered its admissions policy as part of a larger international initiative, including instituting a World Fellows Program for emerging leaders of other countries and a multidisciplinary international professorship.
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