what's with the extra fee to take some classes?

coldcomfort
Sat, 11 Jun 2005 22:04:05 +0000

Sorry Sybbie, but unless I am missed something you are actually SUPPORTING rather than refuting the argument of the guy who claimed that a portion of his tuition was a forced charitable contribution. As I understnd it, he argued that without financial aid the endowment would not be spent on scholarships but rather the considerable interst from the endowment could be spent on the institutional overhead thus lowering the overall need for money from tuition. If you are arguing in the case of Dartmouth that for the class of '08, Dartmouth provided $35 million in need based aid, without financial aid wouldn’t this $35 million have stayed put in the endowment and the interest generated by the endowment (how big is the endowment anyway? and let’s say they earn 6% on it, what number would that be?) could then be used to offset institution expenses.