If his wife’s PhD in Spanish comes with any facility in the language, she could get a teaching job at a University. Often those jobs come with tuition forgiveness for the children, so that is how she could get her son through college.
Well you are correct - her ultimate goal is to become a University professor....not sure what else she could possibly do with a PHD in Spanish, really.
I have not heard of a free ride for the children of professors...
I looked it up. It definitely looks like it used to be commonplace; but, it also looks like its use is on the decline - particularly in state schools. I can see that...as a taxpayer, I’m not too keen on adding another $15-$20k to an employee’s compensation, in the form of reduced tuition for his/her kid.
I looked it up in my state (Kansas). Most of the larger schools in the state are governed by one board (Board of Regents) and have similar rules. It looks like in both 2004 and 2010, they set up a ‘task force’ to explore implementing this...but it hasn’t gone into place yet.
That doesn’t really matter though. Its beyond my simpleton mind to comprehend; but, apparently if one spends almost a quarter million dollars getting a degree at KU, it is impossible (laughable to consider) to get a job at the same KU...so she’s going to have to do a nationwide job search. It would make sense to seek out universities that pffer the free tuition.