Brown University to Offer Free College to Some Through Grants
“We’re committed to making a Brown education accessible to students from all income groups”
The idea here is that the school is raising money to offer students instead of student loans. It’s ‘free money’ for students who qualify. At least they’re not demanding the cash from taxpayers.
Red Alert Politics reports:
What can Brown do for you? Ivy league school to offer free college
On Wednesday, Brown University announced that it would eliminate the burden of college debt by substituting loans with grants that students will not have to repay.
Through fundraising, Brown is taking the financial burden off of its students who qualify for undergraduate financial aid packages. The college began saving for the move in 2015 and have raised over $3 billion. However, before the cost-free option is available to students the university must raise more than $30 million.
“We’re committed to making a Brown education accessible to students from all income groups, so we can continue to accept the very best and brightest students from around the world,” Brown President Christina Paxson said in a press release.
The Ivy league school calls the cost-free program the “Brown Promise.” The school expects that it will reach its funding goal by December, and start offering the incentive for incoming students starting with the 2018-19 incoming class.
“When students and their families are sitting at their dining room tables making decisions about where to apply to college, or whether to accept an offer of admission, we want them to know that Brown is an affordable choice,” Paxson said.
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Back when I was going through college, the opposing teams chant for games with Brown University was:
“What’s the color of horse ships? Brown! Brown!”
Or something like that…
Uhhh … is this new? (I mean for colleges, not specifically for Brown.)
Ten years ago some 30 percent of MIT undergrads paid no tuition at all. Ergo, no student loans needed (at least for tuition). The only example I happen to know, but it can’t be unique. Of course MIT isn’t Ivy League … maybe that makes a difference.