Harvard U. to offer tuition break for public service

Harvard Law School will waive tuition for third-year students who agree to spend at least five years working in public service after graduation, Bloomberg News reported.
The program, announced last week on the school’s Web site, will save participating students more than $40,000 in tuition. The grant is the first of its kind in the U.S. and will be offered in addition to the ongoing loan-forgiveness program for students pursuing public service, Cambridge-based Harvard Law School said.
The decision to make tuition cheaper for students follows a December announcement that Harvard University will cut the costs of attending the Ivy League school by as much as 50 percent for families that earn $120,000 to $180,000 a year. The payments decline on a sliding scale, with those making less than $60,000 attending free.
“I want all of our students to have the ability to make public service their first choice after law school,’” said Elena Kagan, dean of the law school, in a statement. &#8226