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On our rugged Eastern foothills.....
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- Nov 28, 2012
I'm thinking of how I'm going to pay to send my child to college. Our child is 9, so it's not that far off.
I do know that quite a few schools have pledged that financial aid will mean pretty much no tuition for "middle class" families on a sliding scale. However, I'm thinking of when I went to school, where my first year consisted on California resident fees (they didn't call it "tuition") that totalled less than $1400 for a full academic year. Then it started creeping up with less state support. My years were between these two points in this article:
It used to be "free" other than mandatory registration fees.
I have heard of some schools that were tuition free because of a generous endowment. Stanford started off free but then started charging a nominal tuition. Cooper Union was well known for being free, but eventually ran into financial issues where they started charging tuition. I understand that they're trying to get back to the free model within a decade.
There's a fairly unique two-year college in California that's free, but it's in exchange for 20 hours of work per week. The work is considered part of the learning experience there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Springs_College
I do know that quite a few schools have pledged that financial aid will mean pretty much no tuition for "middle class" families on a sliding scale. However, I'm thinking of when I went to school, where my first year consisted on California resident fees (they didn't call it "tuition") that totalled less than $1400 for a full academic year. Then it started creeping up with less state support. My years were between these two points in this article:
1985-86: Annual tuition and fees for resident UC undergraduates total $1,296. Annual tuition and fees for nonresident UC undergraduates total $5,112.
1995-96: Annual tuition and fees for resident UC undergraduates total $4,354. Annual tuition and fees for nonresident UC undergraduates total $12,053.
It used to be "free" other than mandatory registration fees.
I have heard of some schools that were tuition free because of a generous endowment. Stanford started off free but then started charging a nominal tuition. Cooper Union was well known for being free, but eventually ran into financial issues where they started charging tuition. I understand that they're trying to get back to the free model within a decade.
There's a fairly unique two-year college in California that's free, but it's in exchange for 20 hours of work per week. The work is considered part of the learning experience there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Springs_College