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Need-blind admission is a term used in the United States denoting a college admission policy in which the admitting institution does not consider an applicant's financial situation when deciding admission. Generally, an increase in students admitted under a need-blind policy and needing financial aid requires the institution to back the policy with an ample endowment or source of funding. Being need-blind is a statutory requirement for institutions to participate in an anti-trust exemption granted by Congress which remains in effect until September 30, 2022.〔(Summary of S. 1482: Need-Based Educational Aid Act of 2015 )〕 An institution may be need-blind in any given year by policy (de jure) or by circumstances (de facto). Most colleges and universities cannot afford to offer financial aid to all admitted students and many will admit all students on a need-blind basis but cannot offer them sufficient aid to meet need. Many schools who admit all U.S. citizens or resident aliens without regard to need do not extend this policy to international students or to transfer students. Therefore schools, especially private ones, which are need-blind and full-need for all applicants, including internationals, tend to be much more selective as they have relatively more applicants than other similar schools. Need-blind admission does not necessarily mean a "full-need" financial aid policy—where the school agrees to meet the full demonstrated financial need of all its admitted students. Indeed, the two policies can be in tension because need-blind admissions and full-need financial aid together commit the school to spend an undetermined amount of money regardless of other budgetary constraints. Thus, some need-blind schools will admit students who will nonetheless not be able to attend because of deficient financial aid awards. Institutions self-define their definition of meeting full demonstrated need. There is no U.S. standard that an institution must abide by to claim that they meet fully demonstrated need. Therefore, an applicant's financial aid package can vary significantly at various schools, even if all of these institutions claim to meet fully demonstrated need. ==U.S. institutions that are need-blind and meet full demonstrated need for both U.S. and international students== There are currently only five U.S. higher learning institutions that are need-blind and meet full demonstrated need for all applicants, including international students.〔(Schools Awarding International Financial Aid )〕 These are: *Amherst College〔(Amherst College Need-Blind Admission Policy to International Students )〕 *Harvard University *Massachusetts Institute of Technology *Princeton University〔http://www.princeton.edu/admission/financialaid/financial_aid_faqs/〕 *Yale University〔http://admissions.yale.edu/faq/are-international-students-eligible-financial-aid-if-so-how-do-i-apply〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Need-blind admission」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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