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Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:46 PM Original message |
Tufts University has just announced new tuition rates. $51088!! |
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Craftsman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. Does that come with the complimentary KY Lube!? |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. Stunning - this is per year? |
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left coaster (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm guessing the outlay for textbooks is more than that.. |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. That's $204,352 for 4 years! |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Right! |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. That seems to be the point -- price higher ed out of most people's reach |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Exactly right. |
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Bobbieo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Prior to WW2 only the well-to-do sent their kids to college. Another Republican |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. +1 nt |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. VERY possible that does NOT include anything other than tuition. "Fees" can add another |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. As in most everything... |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 08:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
33. What percentage of European youth go to the universities? |
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Jkid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. If you are poor - university is paid for...For four years. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. I know at least one Romney went there |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. Both my university degrees combined didn't come close to that. Ow. (nt) |
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david_vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
12. Not that surprising |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
13. Only Goldman/Morgan Execs' Kids need apply - Bonus Brats . . . |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. If 52K is a problem, the obvious solution is not to attend Tufts. |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. Go to your local Enormous State University instead. |
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canoeist52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 08:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
35. Check out the many various fees at U-Mass- trying to find the actual cost |
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Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. I know about Umass fees, my daughter graduated from there. |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
18. The Public Option... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
19. "They don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. |
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tXr (312 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. I figured that out when the backwater town where I lived spent $25 million on a new police palace |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
20. wow...they must be trying to go broke... |
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BolivarianHero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
22. That sound you heard? |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 08:10 AM Response to Reply #22 |
34. Why, beacuse the small percentage of Europeans |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
23. I wish we had the kind of education system where college is "free." *sigh* |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
24. Years ago, Tufts was affiliated with the Unitarian Church |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
25. What, you can't |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
26. I don't think anyone has to "face" this. They can always attend |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
27. Simply not worth it. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
28. Higher education is the next big bubble to collapse on itself, like real estate, IMO. |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
30. Whoa! I went to school there in the seventies. |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
31. You figure education is an investment, typically landing the graduate with a comfortable job after |
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Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 08:00 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I agree with your assessment of the vocational schools. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
36. A parent would do better to take that money and send their kid to India |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
37. Tufts probably has a "foundation" that pays some tuition for most of the students |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
38. unfortunately, the only people who can attend Tufts is the wealthy |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Check off the 'financial' aid request box and you're put in the 'b' pile. nt |
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