• stoly@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I’m afraid that this is one of the places where you go to get the really super special diploma that says that you are specialler. The average person there has a rich daddy writing checks for tuition. You go there for the pedigree, not the education (though one presumes that the education is at a high level).

    With luck, the next generation will get it just a little better.

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      7 months ago

      Which then begs the question: If everyone’s rich daddies are paying tuition, why quibble about the divestment?

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        7 months ago

        The economics of universities is such that tuition is only the tiniest part of all funding, typically less than 10%. The majority will come from grants, the state (if a public university), and donations. Students only contribute the tiniest amount of total costs.