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For many years we have used the term “room” to represent the cost of housing at Harvard, and “board” to represent the cost of the meal plan. Students were charged “room” and “board” fees as part of their student term bill, and received aid towards “room and board” costs. The Department of Education has asked that schools change this language to “housing” and “food” costs. This is simply a language change meant to make costs clearer and easier to understand; there has been no change to how housing or meals work at Harvard, or to the amounts charged and used in financial aid calculations.