It is remarkable how well coordinated the messaging can be, a small school here in the midwest, well regarded, has a $2 Billion dollar endowment last I checked. This isn’t really unusual, lots of the large Ivy league schools probably have more money than some small countries.
Whether or not College should be “free” has nothing to do with it, but isn’t it “interesting” the debate never, ever revolves around the schools providing this.
Of course it used to be getting into a College didn’t always really revolve around money. A prospective student had to have the chops, it didn’t matter how much money his parents had, he wasn’t getting in without good grades and an aptitude for “higher learning”. California state schools were free for Californians.
I dunno about that. Connections and money ALWAYS had a lot to do with who got in at the exclusive universities.
Do you really think the Bushes, the Gores, the Kennedys, the Clintons and every other kid of every other wealthy and/or powerful person “has the chops” to get into the Harvards and the Yales? Of course not. Mommy and Daddy’s money and power opens the door for them - even when they are complete dunces. It has ever been thus.
Yes, but...
The money angle has been there forever.
A relative out of Vanderbilt, with honors+++
Was waitlisted for the med school his father graduated from.
His father received a call asking for a donation; they negotiated.
The son had a long and successful medical career.