New ‘welcome grants’ intend to help with college transition

Starting with the 2016-17 academic year, Stanford will begin providing some low-income freshmen with $2,000 “welcome grants” to help with the transition to college. These grants will be provided to domestic students from families without any expected parent contribution to the cost of a Stanford education. This will be the first year the grants are offered to low-income students and follows a similar grant program at Harvard.