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<p>And I hope the discussions among the authorities at MIT and other universities will also include some mention of the financial pressures placed on faculty children to attend the universities where their parents teach. One of the fringe benefits of being on the faculty at many universities is that your children can attend the school at a deep discount. There are reciprocal agreements with other universities, but the savings are not as great. </p>
<p>We cannot know whether this situation played any role in this specific instance, but I think there is reason to be concerned about the possibility that faculty children might be pressured to attend universities for which they are not well suited – and this concern applies especially to high-intensity schools such as MIT.</p>