The endowment fund talked about up thread seems to me could be used to lower tuition to all students. As far as the poor not being able to afford college, what happened to working your way through college? Another free ride for the poor and the average guy takes it in the butt. And we wonder why people demand SS to get what they paid in back.
Definitely true. 6200 students @ $33,000 per year is $204,600,000, which would be half the income Stanford might derive on its $10 billion endowment if invested in municipal bonds. But, why give a free ride to foreigners and people capable of paying?