• Collin@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    I think the main reason is that they want to ensure the best students can attend, regardless of their current income. Successful alumni are more likely to contribute back to the university in the future.

    I graduated from Vandy within the last decade and can attest that their financial aid program has been great for a while. There’s no way we could have afforded it without their assistance and I was able to graduate with very minimal debt that I easily paid off.

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      9 months ago

      Oh fantastic. Whenever I hear a really good thing like this, I immediately worry that it’s like that college tuition reform bill republicans are pushing that is actually a thinly veiled attempt to begin racially tracking and matriculating students.

      Yeah, that’s great to hear about the Vanderbilt program, and valuable to hear about your experience there.