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...Putting campus sexual harassment in perspective --Tuition increases for a stronger America --The hidden blessing of plunging enrollments --Shattering the myths about low-ranking colleges --What athletic-department scandal...
...Average amount of income poor families spent on tuition...
This means students will be able to make local, University and 800-number calls at no cost next year—the College will foot the bill. In following years, these fees will be included as part of tuition...
...value my Harvard education because of my hard work in getting here, not because of the abstract thought that it costs my parents a lot of money. Even if we assume that I am a particularly ungrateful individual, would Summers really argue that the Harvard students to whose parents tuition represents a much smaller (if not non-existent) financial burden value their education less? I can readily admit that students who found Harvard admission an easy accomplishment may undervalue its worth, but I cannot believe the same for those students whose parents pay less proportionate to their incomes...
Currently, students on financial aid do experience this progressive education tax. But the 50 percent of the students who do not receive Harvard money must, according to Summers, value their educations by greatly differing amounts. The 30 percent of my family’s income that tuition represents is a far greater burden than the 1 percent another family pays. Perhaps it is even greater than the proportion paid by some families on financial aid. Do I really value my education more...