What the (Private) Competition is Doing

Good news for brainy but cash-poor applicants to Stanford University: Tuition will now be waived for families earning up to $125,000, up from $100,000, the university said Friday. Stanford also announced that families with incomes below $65,000 (up from $60,000) won’t even pay room or board. Total savings for the lowest-income undergrads next year? $59,836. Undergraduate tuition in 2015-16 at Stanford, considered one of the world’s best universities, is $45,729. Room and board is $14,107...

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