Comments on: Stanford’s Bold Tuition Move http://donklephant.com/2008/02/20/stanfords-bold-tuition-move/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:33:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ChrisO http://donklephant.com/2008/02/20/stanfords-bold-tuition-move/comment-page-1/#comment-391641 ChrisO Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:07:08 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/02/20/stanfords-bold-tuition-move/#comment-391641 I've tried leaving a follow-up comment twice now, so if all of my comments appear at once, forgive me. My point wasn't that someone else did it first. It's that the schools are simply engaging in damage control. As you'll see from this Globe opinion piece, they're trying to forestall Congressional action by taking steps that cost them a little bit of money, instead of the substantially greater sums that are being recommended by Congress. It's good news for students. I just don't think Stanford deserves an attaboy for it. It's a completely self serving move. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/12/31/the_real_story_on_harvards_generosity/ I’ve tried leaving a follow-up comment twice now, so if all of my comments appear at once, forgive me. My point wasn’t that someone else did it first. It’s that the schools are simply engaging in damage control. As you’ll see from this Globe opinion piece, they’re trying to forestall Congressional action by taking steps that cost them a little bit of money, instead of the substantially greater sums that are being recommended by Congress. It’s good news for students. I just don’t think Stanford deserves an attaboy for it. It’s a completely self serving move.

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/12/31/the_real_story_on_harvards_generosity/

]]> By: ChrisO http://donklephant.com/2008/02/20/stanfords-bold-tuition-move/comment-page-1/#comment-391640 ChrisO Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:59:53 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/02/20/stanfords-bold-tuition-move/#comment-391640 I should have looked this up before I posted. Here's an opinion piece from the Globe that lays out the story pretty well. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/12/31/the_real_story_on_harvards_generosity/ As you can see, they're primarily engaging in damage control. I'm not sure what's so impressive about that. I should have looked this up before I posted. Here’s an opinion piece from the Globe that lays out the story pretty well.

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/12/31/the_real_story_on_harvards_generosity/

As you can see, they’re primarily engaging in damage control. I’m not sure what’s so impressive about that.

]]> By: ChrisO http://donklephant.com/2008/02/20/stanfords-bold-tuition-move/comment-page-1/#comment-391639 ChrisO Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:57:22 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/02/20/stanfords-bold-tuition-move/#comment-391639 I should have looked this up before I posted. Here's an opinion piece from the Globe that lays out the story pretty well. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/12/31/the_real_story_on_harvards_generosity/ I should have looked this up before I posted. Here’s an opinion piece from the Globe that lays out the story pretty well.

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/12/31/the_real_story_on_harvards_generosity/

]]> By: Justin Gardner http://donklephant.com/2008/02/20/stanfords-bold-tuition-move/comment-page-1/#comment-391638 Justin Gardner Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:54:17 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/02/20/stanfords-bold-tuition-move/#comment-391638 Chris, they're giving away free tuition. That's a big deal. And just because a few other institutions have done something similar (I don't know because you haven't provided a link) doesn't mean it's not impressive. Chris, they’re giving away free tuition. That’s a big deal. And just because a few other institutions have done something similar (I don’t know because you haven’t provided a link) doesn’t mean it’s not impressive.

]]> By: ChrisO http://donklephant.com/2008/02/20/stanfords-bold-tuition-move/comment-page-1/#comment-391637 ChrisO Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:49:41 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/02/20/stanfords-bold-tuition-move/#comment-391637 This is really not news. Several Ivy League universities announced a similar policy a couple of months ago. The Boston Globe did a story on it, in which they said the schools are really just making a tactical maneuver, because there's a movement afoot in Congress to mandate that they spend a certain amount of their endowments on tuition relief. So the kudos to Stanford are probably not quite as deserved as you make them out to be. This is really not news. Several Ivy League universities announced a similar policy a couple of months ago. The Boston Globe did a story on it, in which they said the schools are really just making a tactical maneuver, because there’s a movement afoot in Congress to mandate that they spend a certain amount of their endowments on tuition relief. So the kudos to Stanford are probably not quite as deserved as you make them out to be.

]]> By: Pdx632 http://donklephant.com/2008/02/20/stanfords-bold-tuition-move/comment-page-1/#comment-391599 Pdx632 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:06:35 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/02/20/stanfords-bold-tuition-move/#comment-391599 I hope Stanford will apply some pseudo affirmative action plan by ensuring that a certain percentage of their freshman classes come from lower income families. The big problem that the top universities are having is that all of their students are coming from wealthy, elite families. I hope this plan can be a turning point. Way to go Stanford. I hope Stanford will apply some pseudo affirmative action plan by ensuring that a certain percentage of their freshman classes come from lower income families. The big problem that the top universities are having is that all of their students are coming from wealthy, elite families. I hope this plan can be a turning point.

Way to go Stanford.

]]> By: William Swann http://donklephant.com/2008/02/20/stanfords-bold-tuition-move/comment-page-1/#comment-391596 William Swann Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:53:40 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/02/20/stanfords-bold-tuition-move/#comment-391596 Wow. Stanford will rapidly acquire the highest admissions standards in the country. I'm sure they're already close to the top, in that regard ... but they're about to take the crown. You're gonna have to be <i>very</i> smart, and very <i>credentialed</i>, to get in. It reminds me a little of what Rice University did over the years. Excellent school. And they kept their tuition way down, compared to other schools. A friend of mine from high school went there, and he said something like two-thirds of the student body had been Valedictorians or Salutatorians of their high school class. Wow. Stanford will rapidly acquire the highest admissions standards in the country. I’m sure they’re already close to the top, in that regard … but they’re about to take the crown. You’re gonna have to be very smart, and very credentialed, to get in.

It reminds me a little of what Rice University did over the years. Excellent school. And they kept their tuition way down, compared to other schools. A friend of mine from high school went there, and he said something like two-thirds of the student body had been Valedictorians or Salutatorians of their high school class.

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