“One idea that has been proposed is to reduce the income cap and lengthen the duration [of benefits],” Nye said. Such a plan would allow LRAP to target its aid to alumni with the lowest incomes.
He said he was also considering a proposal to give alumni greater flexibility—allowing graduates to accept lower levels of aid but receive LRAP benefits for a longer period.
“Dean Nye is not giving us an opportunity to keep this program fully funded,” Sultan said. “He said that’s not even a point of discussion now.”
LRAP beneficiaries include government employees as well as alumni who work for nonprofit organizations.
According to Nye, approximately 50 percent of KSG graduates take government jobs after graduation, and an additional 20 percent go to work for nonprofit organizations.
—Staff writer Daniel J. Hemel can be reached at hemel@fas.harvard.edu.