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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Given the repeated heat waves and rise in temperatures over the past decade, I agree that all dorms should have a/c. We already pay enough in exorbitant tuition and student fees so students should be comfortable.[/quote]

So you would be happy paying for the dorms to be retrofitted?  Or multiple brand new dorms to be built on a college campus (where I don't know as they need to use the old dorms until the new one is built)?  
Brand new dorm that opened on my kids campus in 2018 cost $110 million to build (in 2016/2017/2018).  That's for ~850 students.  Donors donated all of the money for that to happen.  Without donors, costs of tuition and R&B would skyrocket to ridiculous rates.

Cost to retrofit a dorm would easily be $15-20Million (had a contractor on the FB group commenting that it would be at least that, if not more, and likely would be a ton more).  I for one, would prefer any school my kid attends use that $20M times 8-10 dorms for academic programs.  Sure AC would be nice, but I'm not planning to pay an extra $10K+ per year for my kid to have AC for the 2-3 weeks it's needed.

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