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BumRushDaShow

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5. "they don't use for anything useful Like free tuition, room & board and books for all qualified students"

Reply to Justice Brandeis (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 17, 2025, 07:53 AM

Oct 17

Harvard boosts free-tuition offer, matching other Ivy-Plus schools in ‘affordability arms race,’ expert says (Mar. 18, 2025)

A number of the Ivy Leagues (and related) have done it - e.g., Princeton did it back in 2003 (per the article).

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Harvard endowment swells to nearly $57 billion, donations reach a record [View all] BumRushDaShow Oct 17 OP

It's hard to defend Harvard when they have a huge endowment that they don't use for anything useful Justice Brandeis Oct 17 #1

Nothing is ever "free." It's only a question of who else pays if we/you don't. DFW Oct 17 #2

I'm certainly flexible about what the income threshold should be Justice Brandeis Oct 17 #3

The problem is, it's not just one endowment, it's almost 15,000 OnlinePoker Oct 17 #4

"they don't use for anything useful Like free tuition, room & board and books for all qualified students" BumRushDaShow Oct 17 #5