Brown took in 59 under-graduates and 27 graduate students as part of its relief effort.
Each school can receive a share of the total funds avail-able based on the number of affected students who applied for federal student aid at that institution in relation to the total number of affected students who applied for aid at all eligible institutions, explained Samara Yudof, Department of Education deputy press secretary. So far, 99 eligible institutions have received money.
"Our goal in giving money to victims of Katrina is a shared belief that education is a remedy, education is an elevation ... and that's why we aren't taking the money," said Molly DeRamel, director of media relations.
DeRamel also mentioned that Brown was one of the only Ivy League institutions to offer direct aid to students whose homes and families had been devastated by the hurricane.
"You have to remember that it wasn't just universities that got wiped out," she said. "Brown really stepped up to the plate in helping students return to their education. Not just here but there too. ... It just doesn't make sense for Brown to take that money," DeRamel said.
Brown is not the only university that has chosen to forgo this money. Princeton University, which has made a comparable effort to help students affected by Katrina, has also decided not to accept any available funds.
"We didn't do it out of any monetary obligation, we did it because we saw a need there that needed to be filled," said Cass Cliatt, Princeton's media relations manager.
The University of Penn-sylvania is also not planning on accepting the money, according to a Jan. 11 article in the Daily Pennsylvanian.
