OtisKimzey.com » Education http://www.otiskimzey.com What is OK? Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:59:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Stanford offering free tuition http://www.otiskimzey.com/2008/02/21/stanford-offering-free-tuition/ http://www.otiskimzey.com/2008/02/21/stanford-offering-free-tuition/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:27:21 +0000 Otis Kimzey http://www.otiskimzey.com/2008/02/21/stanford-offering-free-tuition/ Some great news coming out of Stanford the last few days in regards to tuition for potential students from less affluent families.  Yes, they’re offering free tuition, and in some cases free room and board on top of that.  The requirements are pretty simple, if the student’s family makes less than $100,000 annually then you get free tuition.  If the family is a low income family (don’t know what the price point is there) the student will get free room and board on top of free tuition.

That’s a value of $36,000 to $47,000 to help open doors for more students to attend Stanford.  Yes, it’s a tough school to get into, but knowing that there is an attainable goal  seems like it could have a huge impact on kids that  are worried about even being able to pay for school if they do make the grades.

Nice work Stanford!  I’m really looking forward to seeing how this changes other school’s policies on tuition and how that affects how hard students start working in high school.  I know that many high schools are trying to motivate kids from less affluent areas to work towards getting into good colleges.  Knowing that school could possibly be free seems like the perfect incentive.

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