Oofnik@kbin.social to News@kbin.social · 9 months agoNew York medical school eliminates tuition after $1bn giftwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: goodnewseveryone@sh.itjust.workshackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
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The record-breaking donation came from a 93-year-old former professor, who is the widow of a wealthy investor.
minus-squareRememberTheApollo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoBut textbooks are still $1,500 and there are $50k in fees. /s. Sorta. It’s a great gift, but tuition isn’t the only expense.
minus-squareVoyajer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoHopefully PDFs of medical textbooks are as easy to find as they are for engineering textbooks.
minus-squareadmiralteal@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoWith a huge pot of money infinitely annuitized like this, they could literally be paying their students to attend. Maybe that’s the next frontier. Hopefully. It’s definitely the best way to ensure access to education for the poor.
But textbooks are still $1,500 and there are $50k in fees.
/s. Sorta.
It’s a great gift, but tuition isn’t the only expense.
Hopefully PDFs of medical textbooks are as easy to find as they are for engineering textbooks.
With a huge pot of money infinitely annuitized like this, they could literally be paying their students to attend.
Maybe that’s the next frontier. Hopefully. It’s definitely the best way to ensure access to education for the poor.