Of the financial aid offered by GSAS, Berg said it is flexible--and not always to Harvard's advantage.
"It varies from absolutely nothing all the way up to a fellowship that may pay tuition for several years," he says.
"We need to be competitive in terms of financial aid," he says. "There are certainly programs offering financial aid as competitive or more so than ours."
Bates of the government department agreed with the sentiment.
"I think we have a real issue in the financing of our students. Graduate students are poor," he says.
Even though Harvard's offers are generally better than most, Bates said he fears the department is losing students to schools with better aid packages.
"I'm greatly concerned that we may be making financial packages that are not realistic given the competition. The calls I've been getting suggest that it's an issue," he says.
Targeting specific students with sweetened deals is part of his department's recruiting plan.
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