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Undergraduates with family income below $200k will be tuition-free at MIT

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589 points gnabgib | 1 comments | 20 Nov 24 16:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.212s | source
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alsetmusic ◴[20 Nov 24 17:23 UTC] No.42196168[source]▶
Awesome. Now let’s lower the bar further and do it everywhere. And then let’s keep doing more until students can pay their tuition with a summer job, like they could when our elders went to school.

I’ll hold off on asking for higher education to be free, as the culture still pushes back on that. But a return to the former model would be most welcome.

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onename ◴[20 Nov 24 17:40 UTC] No.42196346[source]▶
Why not be more ambitious and aim for free?
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1. emptiestplace ◴[20 Nov 24 18:03 UTC] No.42196567[source]▶
It is difficult to enact meaningful change in a country that doesn't see supporting its people as an investment in itself. Discussing the price when it should be free is a distraction.