Reader Response Chip Sternbergh ’84
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Send feedbackWhen I entered Brown in 1980, tuition and room and board was $8978, the equivalent of $27,544 in 2019 when adjusting for inflation. The latest tuition increase of 5 percent (to $74,000) continues the trend of increases that roughly triple the inflation rate. The tripe of being “offset” by increases in financial aid is just that; every year there are more families who do not quality for financial aid but cannot afford a $300,000 four-year price tag. Unwittingly, the University is polarizing the socioeconomic diversity of its student body. Students from families in the 0.1 percent and those of modest means will be increasingly over-represented, while children from the rest of us seek better educational value elsewhere.
Chip Sternbergh ’84 New Orleans [email protected]
