Top Universities Sued Over Alleged Collusion To Limit Financial Aid

Former students are suing some of the countries biggest and most prestigious schools over financial aid for students. Five former students say these universities like Yale, Brown, Columbia and many more are giving priority to kids of wealthy donors.
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[@oscarmonroy6337]

$80,000 to write an essay and have the teaching assistant grade it while the professor sits in his office eating an apple 🍎 these colleges are in the business of sales and marketing!

[@gailcarey3597]

Universities are big business not institutions of learning. My daughter’s degree in Economics/Spanish was a huge waste. They dragged her time in school by only offering needed classes every other semester to the tune of 100K. She spent years trying to find decent employment. She got a Assoc. degree in Welding three months ago and is killing it.

[@Blox117]

nice to see women doing actual work these days

[@gailcarey3597]

@@Blox117 She worked three part time jobs while she was at university. After graduating she worked for a university hospital and cleaning offices in the evening. She is the happiest I’ve seen her in over 10 years.

[@Bewefau]

she picked the wrong study lol.

[@gailcarey3597]

@@Bewefau Not according to the guidance counselors who preyed on her.

[@jowbloe4700]

Econ 101... NEVER EVER get a Tax Refund.

[@markr1550]

I've been a professor for a long time. Higher education has changed. I could write a book on how colleges have become the most unethical business, and the quality of education has gone down.

[@randycarey-walden8530]

So write the book!

[@Akimbo247]

I would read a book on this

[@PhoebeMokfullofsoundandfury]

Please write that book

[@Fire_soul1796]

How's that book coming along?

[@CB-ei6ez]

I'm going to date myself, but when I was going to University back in the '80s tuition was only just under $500 per semester, what's happened to our universities and colleges is a crime they've been corporatized, presidents of colleges like Catholic University getting half a million dollars a year and then forcing these students to be in debt for the rest of life this is a crime against humanity

[@cliffy00]

its about 400 bucks per credit now :)

[@hannass4797]

wowwww 😳

[@TheBanjoShowOfficial]

@Cameron Yes thank you we can read.

[@moonshoes11]

It’s the goal. Not for the majority, But for the ones with the money.

[@kingastro3667]

@Cameron I'm pretty sure he knows what was said. He's just making a comparison saying NOW it's $400 per credit hour instead of the $500 per semester

[@wade8130]

To go to college anywhere in the US, you have to have resources to begin with. Then you have to choose a major that is absolutely certain to lead to a very high-paying career very quickly - rather than one you might be genuinely interested in - and still you are deep in debt. That's not education. It's a game. Students need to be educated. Not trained, institutionalized and enslaved.

[@Sun_and_Sea_]

Honestly, where does the $ really go? We all go to college, pay the tuition for years- there’s a TON of us out there. How is there not more transparency???! WHERE TF DOES THE $ GO??? “SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!!” But like. For serious. We are all screwed financially for a long effin time & we deserve to know why.

[@nj7541]

They make millions from international college students. Remember tuitions is different from in state, out of state and international. The most tuitions I paid was for my daughter doing study abroad.

[@Atlas30D]

they buy private prisons

[@Capt.Thrust]

Universities are WAY to expensive in the US there is literally no excuse to how expensive college is especially if we REALLY want our children to succeed.

[@jx14aby]

It's like every other industry, it charges whatever the market will bear. It's not like their lacking in applications.

[@Mark-qt5ux]

They don’t want the students to succeed that’s why “ equity “ is in place to dumb people down. The schools are upside down and encouraging them to be stu*pid. Schools are the road to failure.

[@brad3378]

"Too"

[@Mark-qt5ux]

@@brad3378 tbh idc about my grammar. This is not an exam there’s no need to care to perfect the way others write on youtube

[@brad3378]

@@Mark-qt5ux No worries. College wouldn't help you anyway.

[@lovelydavis4828]

This is funny that on the last episode of Equalizer the young man that is dating the daughter is a straight A student. Tells the aunt that the prices of tuition at these universities are meant to prevent low income students from attending. I thought what an interesting perspective because of course to try to attend means debt creation…. Now this lawsuit

[@MaryAnnMsbl34]

And w some exceptions keeping rich ppl richer and making the poor Schooled in how to go bankrupt!

[@michaelrh2008]

If they are capable, MIT says that students from families earning less than $90,000 will attend for free with tuition and other aid. And, there are no "legacy" students. You cannot buy your way in.

[@vectorfox4782]

I hope they win the lawsuits. It’s time to bring these elitists down from their high horse.

[@lewisdoherty7621]

This is about buying networking and not education. A good student can excel at any major institution and earn a good degree. This is about sending kids into an environment where they can be with the children of the major politicians, corporate leaders and entertainers, and turn those contacts into careers.

[@robertsmith1865]

True

[@danamonet77]

Agreed

[@bucii01]

Agreed ppl do not want to admit to that but they know that is the reason why they are salivating to go there. It is just like the person who works a blue collar job but rides in a $100,000 car bcs they want the status even though they struggle to pay basic needs . Ppl need to be honest with themselves and say no I will go to an institution I can afford without debt accumulation and still get a job. You are paying for those intangibles to travel in circles to open up opportunities

[@charmaine9920]

YOU WOULD THINK THAT THE KIDS OF THE HIGH DONORS WOULDNT NEED. HELP WITH TUITION ..IF YOU CAN DONATE MILLIONS TO YOUR ALMA MATER YOU CAN PAY FOR YOUR CHILDS EDUCATION.

[@crazy4beatles]

The rich donor kids weren’t getting help for tuition. They were getting admission to the school.

[@PatHaskell]

It’s insane that these schools have that much money and charge tuition.

[@Mjones5018]

LMAO tuition is HOW they have that money. How do you think they’re making the money? Lol

[@grimftl]

@@Mjones5018 They make most of their money from alums that donate - which is more or less expected. Seriously, if your family makes $50K, then Harvard tuition is $3500 - and that includes room and board. Oh, and this is about admissions, not tuition.

[@annem7806]

Professors make BIG BUCKS using the textbook they wrote. Then there are the yearly updates so you can't buy a used book...

[@continuouslaughter]

Nah, the professors that write the textbook don’t actually get paid that much money for the textbooks they write. It’s the publishers that actually get the big bucks.

[@topheavykoolaid]

I went to two of these schools and I know I’m going to have to pay my loans back for a long time. But right now, my school is going virtual for January and was virtual for my first year. They’re depriving students of a major facet of why the school is expensive by not letting us have classes in person.

[@vizzini2510]

Apparently, many people, including the reporters, do not understand what an endowment fund is.

[@ericheine2414]

This has been going on for years. Ever since the world began.

[@5minutesareup135]

Justice for me but not for you..

[@stevekwan8232]

Why are people surprised,. Education is big business

[@Izzy-ve3xz]

If you’re a gifted student I highly suggest trying to apply to universities in Europe. For bachelors degrees it’s kind of limited if you don’t speak the language of the country your interested in but there are still English bachelors degrees. For masters degrees there’s a lot more selection and lots of financial aid available to completely cover the tuition for non EU citizens (free for citizens) even without financial aid it’s usually cheaper tuition. The quality of education is just as good and you get to live in a different country and experience something actually new and unique. Cost of living is also cheaper than most US cities especially big college towns where rent is ridiculous for off campus housing due to the demand. I have dual citizenship so I did my masters in Finland for free but I’ve met a few fellow Americans here as well doing their masters degrees for free with study grants etc.

[@BudandBloomWithBlossom]

A degree in another country is often NOT valid here in America. If one becomes a doctor, lawyer, or teacher in another country, they will definitely be required to redo much of their education here in America. The degrees definitely do NOT transfer to America.

[@Izzy-ve3xz]

@@BudandBloomWithBlossom I mean for those specific degrees/professions of course. But any type of engineering, business, the arts, more general purpose degrees. They would transfer? You can’t just say in a blanket statement that the degrees don’t transfer lol. Plus you can do your undergrad in the EU and still apply to med schools in the US if that’s what you want to do.

[@Izzy-ve3xz]

@@BudandBloomWithBlossom also maybe they realize “hey living outside the US isn’t so bad after all maybe I’ll just stay here” they’ll be able to gain new perspectives as well. Not trying to sound anti American but the actual experience itself has value also on top of the degree.

[@Martin-xv]

@@Izzy-ve3xz great point. If I had to do it over I would do my undergrad in Europe. Like you said the experience is awesome!

[@BudandBloomWithBlossom]

@@Izzy-ve3xz I know these degrees don't transfer because my occupation directly entailed working with these individuals here in America, within the educational system. Some of these people worked inferior jobs in America as they worked to take the many courses America requires in order for them to practice here. Some did not want to do their entire education all over and opted to study to obtain a less challenging degree to study for less years. If one can do med undergrad overseas and then go to med school here, fine. But even established foreign doctors, lawyers, teachers, will have to go back to school, and that is my point.

[@ITPalGame]

So Yale caught discriminating against Asian students because they tended to have higher SAT scores so then making them need higher scores wasn't enough?

[@nj7541]

I have no respect for schools now. Back then a student need to work hard in high school just for good grades and right classes for college admission. Now it seem they are dropping SAT or ACT score. Online classes etc. Everything is changing.

[@ITPalGame]

@@nj7541 public education is tainted by Marxism, greed, connection to government. It is corrupt politicians, special interests, and teacher unions that keep school choice from being available (mostly on the liberal, Democrat side). Hillsdale College takes no money from the federal government.

[@dpeasehead]

@ITPalGame: So, when did meritocracy actually kick in? Yale was a slave master who used his ill-gotten gains to endow a university which then spent GENERATIONS (nearly the entirety of is existence) preventing the descendants of the enslaved from being admitted. Only in America. Most of those who are crying out for justice for oppressed Asians have never been troubled very much by any of that...Nor have they been much troubled by mostly white legacy admissions which have nothing to do with merit...

[@dpeasehead]

@@ITPalGame The weaknesses of the American education have far more to do with race and class than with marxism or the federal government. Most schools have alway been locally run by people who parceled out resources along race and class lines. Which is why laws which which attempt to inhibit such destructive practices came to be in the first place.

[@ITPalGame]

@@dpeasehead when schools accept money from the federal government, they become beholden to it. It is a fact that the KGB and CCP infiltrated the US media and academia to infuse Marxism to undermine the nation over time.

[@jaicha88]

If your tuition for one semester costs you a year of earnings, you are better off working and learning on your own.

[@shecravesit7072]

Everyone is growing seemingly more and more aware!!! Universities are still useful and serve a purpose, but they have been completely corporatized which has severely harmed them. Adding worthless degrees to keep enrollment rates high because more students = $$$$$. We are talking about MULTI-BILLION dollar SCHOOLS. EACH. I go to ASU, which is considered relatively cheap, and it’s still $12k/yr. NASA just granted them $130,000,000 to build some space stuff lol. $$$$$$$$$$$

[@c.a.t4607]

The basketball and football team has to get paid somehow now....

[@gloriousexceptionalism2346]

great coverage

[@tasteapiana]

It is not ''collusion'', it is called CONSPIRACY. Collusion is a word used when prosecuting an individual for knowingly working with a corrupt second party. CONSPIRACY is a group activity, meaning more than two, it's the difference in the terms ''a couple'' and ''a few''. It's what the railroad companies did, it's what US car manufacturers did, it's what the light bulb companies did, it's why things like unions and all of the regulatory bodies exist. The mobster owned US mainstream media reserves the use of the word CONSPIRACY for when they and/or their buddies are indicated so that they can attach the word THEORY to it and paint anyone who dares point a finger at they or their customers and partners as crazy. If you don't believe that conspiracies happen in the USA then you have ZERO knowledge of its history. This is the world's hotbed for the rich conspiring against the poor because without them conspiring against us they simply couldn't exist, they would be rooted out and done away with, and they know that.

[@jimlongino8420]

Private universities should not have to defend such nonsense. Their business is just that. Their business. The fact that they offer opportunities for those unable to pay tuition in the first place should be appreciated not expected.

[@jimlongino8420]

@Buck Aroo Exactly what public funds do you think these mainly Ivy League schools are getting?

[@user-nd7rd8jo6h]

They want to eliminate aid that the student may not need? Hmmm interesting...so does the schooling need to cost 80k/year? That's a great place to start, slash the price slash what is needed.

[@steveng8251]

renton tech limited my financial aid in 2004. They then kicked me out and threatened collection for 1/2 a term for which I had financial aide for..

[@Mr123MTNDEW]

Why should I pay the student debts if the services rendered were subpar but student debt cannot be eliminated even with bankruptcy?

[@mochtegerndane7097]

70.000 dollars a year!!! My son started studying in on of the best schools in Europe in his field, if not the best. (It is in Denmark). His tuition is free. And - he gets 900 dollars a month as a kind of salary while studying. It is not great - but he can afford food, housing, fun and travel. So I guess this is why the Trump administration called "nordic socialism" a danger to the American way of life.

[@Argos-xb8ek]

I'm Shocked

[@stevenw7623]

I never felt so rich as when the college my son got into told me that the annual “family contribution” is $56K per year based on our income. I guess that they have to gouge the middle income people to pay for the the poorer kids who sneak past the admissions people. We live in the moderate-priced section of a really wealthy area. The college was supposed to be a real reach for my son based on his application alone. I suspect the name of our town flashed “people with money” to the school, so he probably got in based on our probability of being able to pay full-boat.

[@dianebushby2510]

I dont think anyone sneaks past the admissions people!!!

[@BudandBloomWithBlossom]

Poorer kids who sneak past admissions??? There are dome brilliant "poor kids." Poor does not necesssrily mean poorly educated. Poor does not necessarily mean poorly raised, low personal standards, low class beliefs. You sound like one of those people who will say anything to feel important/superior.

[@stevenw7623]

Blossom Bouquet of course there are. I grew up as a poor kid. The point is that admissions would like to admit kids who can pay full price. It’s a real problem for many universities when they don’t have enough full pay students to cover the costs of all of their programs. They have to make up the shortfall from donations or pull from their endowment. This is not a problem for rich schools, but I read a report that as many as one in 3 schools will be gone within 10 years because this model is not sustainable.

[@BudandBloomWithBlossom]

@@stevenw7623 Guy, the topic is the Ivy league colleges with literally billions of dollars in their coffers. Harvard, Duke, Brown, are not suffering. Greed and lies are how the rich get rich and stay rich.

[@stevenw7623]

Blossom Bouquet the topic of this thread, which I initiated so I should know, is how colleges slant admissions to favor people who can pay more. I’m not saying that is the best policy because I think that merit should be the top consideration. The University of California gives extra consideration to out of state students because they pay much higher tuition. It’s an economic reality for all but a handful of schools in the top tier.

[@dennyalfro9832]

FINALLY IT BEGINS JUSTICE FOR THESE SCHOOLS THAT ARE CORRUPT

[@MsHashy420]

Graduated students from top schools still can't figure out how to pay their students loans they agreed one lol i thought they were supposed to be smart?

[@juanitacruz6015]

They always have. How can u not know that?

[@ryanbosak2944]

So much for culture diversity.

[@ABSG7]

Dealings of the US higher ed systems really sucks

[@skippysimon]

where's trump university when ya need it, huh???

[@EarlGray007]

It's a hustle and if you pay that kinda of money, your a money mark. Now if your parents have that kinda money then your already apart of that high society. Just go to community college and a local university, much less debt in the end. Peace.

[@u.s.militia7682]

There should be a cap on donations. That would stop this bs.

[@reedpederson2065]

wow, who would have thought? so your saying that people with more money in america have it easier?? no way.

[@mochtegerndane7097]

Since watching this yesterday, I have been thinking: When you pay to go to school, you will see yourself as a consumer. Now, in Denmark where I live, my kids are studying and getting paid some 900 dollars a month, while hey study. My talk with the kids has been: You go to school for free, you get paid for that - now....you had better take your studies seriously! ...and God help you if you cheat on you taxes afterwards....

[@Master-ls2op]

the harm is the school does not care if you are getting a education aslong as they can force you to take classes you do not want or need and get the loan money. even if it does not help you in any way.

[@BudandBloomWithBlossom]

Master80059 The classes one needs to obtain a degree in a certain field is already set and in writing; one also chooses certain electives for their degree. There is no "make you take classes you don't need" unless a student is not paying attention to the established degree course load.

[@Master-ls2op]

@@BudandBloomWithBlossom so having to take gender study before i take a computer class will get me my certification in data recovery and expert witness.

[@BudandBloomWithBlossom]

@@Master-ls2op Guy, stop.

[@Master-ls2op]

@@BudandBloomWithBlossom no why don't you come up with a argument. o wait you cant.... that's why you resort to trying to stop the conversation.

[@Protect_all_ljf3forms]

Learning that’s it’s a business it seems. You know it used to be affordable but now it’s become a scam

[@Bewefau]

What about my school Butte ? in CA

[@gemmeliusgrammaticus2509]

If you want your kids to get a legitimate classical liberal arts education, send them to Thomas Aquinas College in California.

[@VermicellyTV]

Varsity Blues is the biggest story of the century. No wonder it’s quiet 💭

[@Gguy061]

They have to pay college athletes now. That money has to come from somewhere.

[@dpeasehead]

@Alcaeus89: How much money did these schools make off the backs of unpaid college athletes over the past generations?

[@tvariuness]

mega donors who are overwhemingly white. this is something ppl have been talking about for years now.

[@TheLeslieMichelle]

If you ask me, you're better off going to Community College. 🙄

[@BudandBloomWithBlossom]

For the prerequisites, yes. But then you must transfer. One cannot receive a Bachelor's degree from a community college.

[@TheLeslieMichelle]

@@BudandBloomWithBlossom That isn't true, there are Community Colleges n different states that offer Bachelor degrees, you just have to look for them and do your research on them to see what they offer. I went to one that offered Associates and Bachelor degrees.

[@BudandBloomWithBlossom]

@@TheLeslieMichelle I highly doubt that this option is widely available. Most likely needle in a haystack type thing, and probably coupled with high commute expenses, etc. Doubt a school like that has dorms.

[@TheLeslieMichelle]

@@BudandBloomWithBlossom it is in my state, so I know not all community colleges are the same even in terms of cost.

[@BudandBloomWithBlossom]

@Mason McCann I have heard of that Bachelor's degree nursing program offered in another state as well.

[@danjohnston9037]

This will get used to promote student debt relief/forgiveness

[@PriusRaj]

Yeah honestly we should all sue if that's even remotely possible. I'm still in favor of total student loan cancellation but I'd rather the money they stole be taken directly from them. There is no legitimate reason for tuition to be as high as it is. If every American college was shut down and we were all forced to go abroad to cheaper/free school we'd collectively be in a way better situation.

[@paulareynolds2834]

Follow the money.

[@PuffOfSmoke]

I'm lost. Can someone please explain this to me. If private schools like Yale has certain priorities over those who can pay and who can't, it's their prerogative since they are a private institution. What am I missing here?

[@minttjulep]

They receive public endowments though…

[@PuffOfSmoke]

@@minttjulep I see. Thanks.

[@adel19997]

They receive federal financial aid

[@zzzz-fk8ce]

@@minttjulep they receive public endowments NOWHERE near covering the expenses of the school (which are almost entirely covered by private endowments), these schools wouldn't be top schools if they didnt admit the children of the wealthy, so that argument has no merit, since there wouldnt be a spot of ANYONE at all in that case. They take public endowments to be able to afford to admit not rich students and give them access.

[@stephenjackson7797]

The states and local areas are often forced to give them preferential tax rates so they don't simply unincorporate from the area and pay no property taxes at all. So they often enter into agreements to admit a certain number of students tuition free to cover for their manipulative tactics. Some of the donors also give them money under the provision that it be used for low-income students. And, the government can actually decertify a university if they don't have broad educational teachings with diverse students and diverse professors. Certifications for the most part are still government controlled.

[@chrisamon80]

I don't go for higher education. I don't learn enough for over 40 years. I don't go to college or university.

[@elijahdumphy1820]

For profit useless degrees with a life time of student debit. Remember to go into STEM.

[@lauraespinoza8919]

Not new to me

[@americanpaisareturns9051]

😏 Prestigious

[@MaryAnnMsbl34]

Famous rich ppl buying their degrees!

[@lurkingarachnid7475]

duh 🙄, you think these are place of education? BS, these are place of making money, and money equal power.

[@heyaisdabomb]

Honestly, these places open doors to you. You can go to a good school and get a great education, but struggle to find a job in software engineering (like me) or you can go to Berkley, MIT, Stanford, Yale, Harvard, Dartmoth, ect. and walk into a job when you get out. All of my professors were pioneers in the field of computer science, I went to a top 100 university in the middle of San Francisco, but what my school didn't have was the post graduate network. And the network is why you go to these schools. I look at the startups I'm applying to so I can see who works for them, and the one thing I always see is all of their engineers went to one of these top 20 schools I mentioned above. Unfortunately, it's not about what you know, but who you know.

[@andre1987eph]

1:29. She is way too loud and aggressive. NO ONE wants to hear a loud aggressive person who talks over other people.She doesn’t want to talk about her children’s college savings 529 plan. Because she probably SPENDING and not saving. She’ll take care of the children’s college cost by divorcing her husband and making him pay for it by decree.

[@tans430]

What a surprise eh?

[@dunhillsupramk3]

there is absolutely nothing that you can learn in any university that isn't free knowledge and easily accessible on the internet..

[@stephenjackson7797]

Bull.

[@mikebrase5161]

@@stephenjackson7797 I have a History Degree so for me its true. I was taught nothing I hadn't already read before. It was by the end demoralizing.

[@crazy4beatles]

I would disagree with the absolute part. Depending on the school, the type of knowledge and the type of student you are - a good amount of things can be self taught. That said, a lot of people don’t go to college to learn but to obtain a degree that would presumably allow them to increase their earning potential. A lot of that doesn’t mean in classroom instruction but connections etc.

[@calvinhoward3808]

You would let a doctor that only has virtual experience perform your surgeries?

[@dunhillsupramk3]

@@calvinhoward3808 doctors can only practice medicine only if they have a medical license (which is issued by each country not the university).. after leaving university they apply to a teaching hospital (its a normal hospital but the senor doctors there over look and teach the new batch of interns to become doctors) after applying and entering the program you'll spend anywhere from 4 to 8yrs (depending on the country laws) as an intern and during this time you have exams where you have to prove yourself and knowledge to the medical board... now Cuba has some of the best doctors in the world and they don't have a medical university (google it and you wouldn't find any) their gov't is directly responsible, there is teaching hospitals only... so if i had to choose a doctor between some rich snob who parents bribed their way through Harvard med school or a well taught Cuban doctor you can bet your kitchen sink that i'll go to that Cuban doctor..

[@RonaldHolden]

Who edits this stuff? How can anyone who got past English 101 allow this: "...some of the countries biggest..."

[@lesliealvarez6958]

I’m not surprised after the college scandal this! Then they wonder why students have loans and can’t pay. It shows it’s not students fault

[@mariatheresasuficiencia6383]

so ..... before you take a certain degree .... make sure you will get something in return/in demand not just by passion. hello ... economic/spanish degree ... what a joke ...

[@jamessimon9453]

AS IF WE DIDN'T KNOW........😆😆

[@robortiz595]

THE RICH GITS RICHER !!! RICH PEOPLE SUING RICH PEOPLE 😂😂😂😂

[@steincracker2721]

Being allowed into prestigious schools based upon wealthy donors is the exact same thing as being allotted into said schools because of race.

[@1donniekak]

But, "trust the science".

[@jrizaac]

Free college?

[@CaIypsoJ]

Money talks, apparently.

[@31aicirtl]

People are surprised? 🤨 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@aironbaron]

She is not a good presenter, too many random comments about the story. Just report the news

[@norbertamberg8730]

Boo Hoo I did not get what they got, boo hoo

[@michellenuzzello3015]

LIES!!!

[@trueauthority3489]

Mabey they cood* quit exploiting athletes first

[@stevenw7623]

I think that schools should be able to auction off a certain number of admissions to the highest bidders as long as the student qualifies and the money goes to pay for students in need.

[@FutureCommentary1]

If the student qualifies why would they need to bid instead of being admitted on their merit ?

[@domenicdemski1436]

This already happens

[@stevenw7623]

Future Commentary 50,000 students apply to an Ivy League school. Probably 35,000 of them meet the qualification standards, but the school only has room for 3,500. The auction is for the last 50 spots to get in.

[@jamessimon9453]

MOST MAKE HIGH COST DULLARDS.......🙃🤐🤨😁

[@MrDrew-qh2es]

Gift Financial aid to the poor families. Like us LATINOS. we are the real ones who want to change things for the better.

[@gamerhistorian7843]

Enlist into the military and get the GI bill

[@kittyday1402]

Bushbaby CUT the benefits of GIs during the 2 wars he started. And he spent the Vietnam War in Georgia--so BRAVE!

[@zzzz-fk8ce]

@@kittyday1402 I'm living pretty good on my GI bill at the top CS school in the country.

[@Reclination]

#endzionism

[@zzzz-fk8ce]

Riddle me this: if your child has no opportunity to go to your alma mater, will you gift it an endowment? Duh.

[@whitejob14]

I have an idea to help pay for healthcare.....tax university trust funds! 25% on the first year, and then 5% each year thereafter.

[@chrisg1023]

"...admit students with no regard to their ability to pay". ....Hmmm....something don't sound right. Are people really that entitled that they believe they should receive a college degree if they have no intention on paying for it? HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA.

[@snipman8067]

Unfortunately yes

[@maymayrays]

Yep. I got in a dumb comments argument about it just the other day. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Same thing happened during the housing bubble. Some “expert” tells you a 6 figure loan makes sense for you, and you just go along with it 🤷🏻‍♀️😑

[@logobeadshop4285]

Yes let’s blame the victims. How American.

[@tsriftsal2329]

How much should they pay though? College tuition went from like $1300 for a year in 1960's to minimum 25k-30k for in state tuition. It's a massive racket.

[@zzzz-fk8ce]

@@logobeadshop4285 if you make it into one of these schools a top .00001% school, you should by their very own logic, have the ability to understand this. If you don't then you don't deserve to be at a top .00001% school.

[@eduardoatuservicio73]

I love EE.UU

[@yungzynofficial2055]

Why would you NOT give priority to kids of wealthy donors?

[@ernestavocado5522]

They probably have a reason. Wealthy kids like the Obama kids are more connected and likely to succeed in life because of it. Colleges are businesses that want to claim people they feel will have a promising future. It means more money.

[@billyblackmon4796]

she is stone cold beautiful

[@armyantlocsta]

She's like a 6.5...maybe 7 tops.

[@stevenw7623]

My 50 year old wife is hotter and in better shape.

[@dalpz205]

Everyone looks the same in the dark.

[@armyantlocsta]

@@stevenw7623 "Lucky" you lol

[@zzzz-fk8ce]

This is just another case of children so deluded they cant follow the money, they think the world is communistic or meritologic, these schools wouldn't exist without the private endowments that allow them to be top tier schools, this lawsuit is both frivolous and very stupid for any lawyer to agree to without being paid upfront.

[@newyorkcity76]

Universities have right accept wealthy students they provide hight education not every one qualify for it

[@galanis38]

But wealth is not and should not be the only qualification for higher education.

[@sabbath275]

Colleges is for suckers 🤣 Y'all think you are high and mighty because on paper says you went to a prestigious University. But you're going to be in debt for the rest of your life for studying something useless you like then studying something that gonna get you outta there quickly. Yet y'all the smart ones?? 🤣 Yeah I'm pretty sure that resume is going to help you get that janitor job real quick isn't it 🤦🏻

[@jukihiw]

Yeah, no. Depending on what degree you get, opens a lot of doors. It offers exclusive networking, unique degree options that serve unique careers, and experience managing your own future with a safety net. Your view of college is very narrow and in my opinion very incorrect

[@BudandBloomWithBlossom]

@@jukihiw Exactly. Thank you.

[@jlb7741]

College is a waste of time and money. Start your own business!

[@dentatusdentatus1592]

Yeah. That's why I sell crack and weed.😎

[@Mjones5018]

I mean…. Isn’t that how capitalism works? If you can’t pay you can’t have it? This is how america works… welcome lol

[@BudandBloomWithBlossom]

Gacha These colleges are claiming to be need blind, claiming that they accept students regardless of their ability to pay full tuition. Colleges like this usually offer significant financial aid packages in order to meet the needs of incoming students who can't afford the high tuition. The colleges cannot claim that this is their policy, yet collude secretly to only give a certain amount of financial aid, which then blocks many highly qualified students from attending their schools because they would not receive enough aid to be able to afford to attend. $78,000 per year (and less!) is many Americans' yearly salary, and also the yearly cost of attending these colleges. Be real.

[@jeffnduran]

These universities are mills. I feel sorry for anybody caught in the rat race involved.

[@marklasky3555]

Destroy these corrupt Democrats creeps

[@jx14aby]

Lies. Lies. Lies.

[@garettanderson6772]

So liberal.

[@SocialismSucks]

“Top Indictrination Camps” is more like it.