With $132 Million Gift, Washington and Lee to Go Need-Blind

Washington and Lee University (VA) has received a gift of $132 million that will allow it to go need-blind in admissions, on top of its existing commitment to meet full students’ financial need without loans, it announced Thursday. William H. Miller III’s donation will allow the private liberal arts college in Virginia to stop considering students’ or families’ ability to pay in deciding whom to admit (the definition of need-blind). A small number of institutions are both need-blind and commit to meeting the full financial need of all students it admits.