
NYU YDSA halts fall 2021 tuition strike, plans instead for Spring 2022
After calling off its original fall 2021 tuition strike, the NYU chapter of the Young Democratic Socialists of America is encouraging students to stop paying tuition for the spring 2022 semester.
Rachel Cohen, Deputy News Editor
• September 3, 2021

NYU increases tuition by 3%, COVID-19 grants will continue in the fall
As tuition continues to rise, some students believe NYU has become increasingly unaffordable. The university will continue to disburse COVID-19 Relief Grants, though, as students continue to face pandemic-related financial burdens.
Nina Huang, Staff Writer
• May 6, 2021

Resolution addressing tuition increases and financial aid heads to the University Senate
The resolution demands that NYU freeze tuition increases for students facing financial difficulties and raise tuition and student financial aid packages proportionally for all other students.
Rachel Cohen, Staff Writer
• March 25, 2021

NYU Raising Tuition Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
NYU will be raising undergraduate tuition by over $700 for the fall semester, despite historic rates of joblessness due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Matthew Fischetti, Deputy News Editor
• June 25, 2020

The Misleading Nature of the NYU Administration’s Letter
In an email to the NYU community, the administration attempted to justify the university’s failure to reimburse tuition and financially accommodate students despite its sizable endowment. NYU is not being transparent about its financial assets nor its ability to meet the needs of its student body.
Asha Ramachandran, Deputy Opinion Editor
• May 6, 2020

NYU Will Never be Prestigious Without Better Financial Aid
Each year, NYU embarks on an ambitious mission to better its reputation and world-standing, yet does nothing about its infamously poor financial aid offers.
Emily Dai, Deputy Opinion Editor
• April 5, 2020

Off-Third: Tisch Dean Sends Video of Herself Dancing to ‘Sicko Mode’ to Student Diagnosed with Coronavirus
You thought her video dancing to “Losing My Religion” was tone-deaf, but wait until you see her latest video.
Noah Friend, Off-Third Editor
• March 30, 2020

NYU Students Turn to Crowdsourcing Tuition
NYU students are finding new ways to remedy high tuition costs, including sites like GoFundMe.
Emily Mason, News Editor
• January 28, 2020

Off-Third: Hamilton Ends Affordability Initiatives, Bans ‘Broke B-tches’ From Attending
After significant efforts by the administration and student body to lower NYU’s tuition, the university has officially been deemed affordable.
Abby Hofstetter, Opinion Editor
• November 20, 2019

Law Professors Make Their Textbooks Free, Hoping to Ease Students’ Financial Burdens
NYU professors of copyright and trademark law classes, instead of going through a publisher, have uploaded their textbooks online for students across the country to use for free.
Jana Warshawsky, Contributing Writer
• November 13, 2019

NYU’s Artificial Affordability Issue
Despite making affordability a primary issue in his administration, financial decisions made by the university — particularly Hamilton’s annual income — reflect the deep hypocrisy of NYU’s affordability campaign.
WSN Editorial Board
• October 28, 2019

NYU’s Receipts: $6 Million on Langone Violet Ball, $250,000 Annual Bonus to Hamilton and More
WSN looked at NYU’s tax returns for the fiscal year ending in August of 2017 — the most recent available.
WSN News Desk
• October 7, 2019


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