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Record-setting $1 billion gift will allow Einstein Medical School to go tuition-free - NY Daily News (www.nydailynews.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Just another example of something that could be universal if we taxed the rich appropriately.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But they'll still charge tens of thousands in other fees.

Tuition was a relatively small part of my total school costs.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely they will. The education system, like everything else in this country, is about taking as much away from the customer as you possibly can.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah not enough people are mad at the universities for inflating prices to soak up those sweet sweet government funds which goes hand in hand with the student debt crisis. And now the universities need those funds and there’s no way to rewind without destroying important institutions.