Then call it an opportunity cost

That was money that was going to be used for something else. Instead, it would be used for tuition.

Maybe that is a good thing, maybe it isn't. Regardless, it isn't a zero cost to the university, the student, or the public.

In response to this post by Late 80s Hokie

Posted: 07/10/2019 at 09:48AM

UT Austin: free rides for in-state undergrads whose families earn < $65K -- DJ Golf 07/09/2019 9:28PM

University of Richmond is already doing that. ** -- ElbertoHokie 07/10/2019 09:27AM

NOt sure why free college freaks out a certain group. I see no society -- UTPr0sim 07/09/2019 10:02PM

Its because some of us understand how money works and can do math. ** -- HokieNoVA 07/10/2019 10:50AM

Seems to be fewer and fewer of us by the day, though. ** -- Tafkam Hokie 07/10/2019 12:32PM

They'd prefer poor people remain poor and uneducated. ** -- VTSnake 07/10/2019 08:49AM

Read up on what happened when LA did it ** -- Vienna_Hokie 07/09/2019 11:14PM

UCLA? Louisiana? Latin America? Links? ** -- HWA 07/10/2019 09:22AM

Nothing is free. Someone pays for it. ** -- GreenvilleVT 07/09/2019 10:26PM

It's not the free education as much as risk of an uncontrolled government -- Hokie360 07/09/2019 10:13PM

Why is that UT only if it is from a state fund -- HokieAl 07/09/2019 9:35PM

It's more of an university controlled endowment, not state controlled fund. -- Hokie360 07/09/2019 10:03PM

Then call it an opportunity cost

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