The University needs a financial aid policy that eliminates financial disincentives to club membership. To achieve this goal, the University cannot continue to base its financial aid system on the premise that all students have roughly the same expenses. At present, all students are charged the same housing fees and tuition no matter the cost of their on-campus housing, instruction in their departments or the extracurricular activities they join. Instead, students in eating clubs should receive awards based on the fees at their individual clubs, and students who are not in clubs should receive awards based on the cost of the most expensive University board contract. This policy would not encourage any particular option; rather, it would make all options equally attractive by removing the disincentive for students on aid to join a club.
This proposal would apply the same system to dining options that applies to other aspects of life at Princeton. If, for instance, the rationale behind the current eating club aid policy were applied to majors, students would receive tuition aid based on the average cost of a major and be charged tuition according to the actual cost of their major. Under such a system, students on financial aid would need to think very hard before majoring in an expensive department. If we strive to make our upperclass dining options as diverse as our dorms, classrooms and student groups, students on financial aid must be given the liberty to choose their dining options without regard to the costs they will incur as a result of their decision.
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