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More Than a Dozen Colleges Are Quietly Crossing the $100,000 Mark This Year (nymag.com)
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[–] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

If you have to ask if an American system’s price includes feeding, supporting, or housing the kids involved, I think you already know the answer.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Well, in at least one example, it includes health insurance, which is mandatory, and you have to actively get excluded if you already have coverage. That’s $5k right there.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Besides this a lot of schools require you to be on their overpriced housing and meal plans.

    The school I attended recently, which is not listed in the article, but quite similar, has been tightening these policies because of "community" and "food security" and supposedly aligning themselves with historical tradition (but they have been allowing juniors and seniors to live off-campus and off the meal plan for decades at this point). But it's easy to see through their fake benevolence and notice their profit-driven intent.

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