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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No. They got my tuition money. [/quote]

You understand that even people [b]paying full freight aren't paying the full cost of their education[/b], right?

I can think of a lot of good reasons not to donate to one's alma mater, but "I paid tuition, so we're even" isn't one of them. [/quote]

I know this is true for private HS but is this really valid at the college level?  I understand that colleges have many streams of revenue (depending on the school) that would include interest from endowment, sports tickets, grants - but it seems clear to me that a large endowment school like Harvard that is varying tuition by ability to pay - a person paying full tuition could be paying even more than what their own education cost if it was averaged over all students.

This is not a complaint and not even meant as a negative statement....just curious if what you say applies to colleges - or even most colleges - in the same way it applies to HS. [/quote]

For most colleges and universities, the athletic programs are a cost, not a revenue stream.[/quote]

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