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MIT is announcing today a program to match the amount of federal Pell grant funds for eligible students, effectively reducing the self-help portion of financial aid awards for the neediest students.

The U.S. Department of Defense has agreed to investigate allegations of fraud in missile defense research at MIT, three years after refusing to allow MIT access to the documents it needed for an independent probe.

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