Two observations. First, it’s a private college....what they desire to do...is their own business. If it were a state college....I’d say otherwise, and the state legislature would be deeply involved.
Second, and more importantly...take a look at the yearly tuition. 2014: $38,475. That doesn’t include housing/food/beer. So a kid would require a minimum of $50,000 to survive each year there. A fee of $300 to $400 is mostly nothing. Ninety-nine percent of the kids can absorb that easily, and Dad will have to cough up the money.
There might be some unfairness about this unnecessary fee, but the thing is...they’ve been forced to create a healthcare program for the university. If you went back seventy years ago...no university had any medical plan because it wasn’t their core business. They’ve all adapted to this and gotten into individual programs. It’s like NCAA football....it’s not a core program either. Folks got used to it and now expect it.
Cornell went to the Devil when they started taking money from the State of New York A on e very good university was ruined by liberal meddlers. Even the campus architecture has been spoiled
“Of course, I want people to have health care,” Vinson said. “I just didn’t realize I would be the one who was going to pay for it personally.”
“So a kid would require a minimum of $50,000 to survive each year there. A fee of $300 to $400 is mostly nothing.”
The article also said the fee of $350 is likely not covered by a student college loan. I would bet many of those kids have a student loan to go there so it’s not “mostly nothing” to them. That is likely why 100+ of them protested in the admin. bldg. and the president’s office.