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  • Northwestcoug
    Cocked and Loaded
    • May 2011
    • 18060

    #3151
    Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
    Recently listened to the Malcolm Gladwell podcasts on the gigantic endowments for elite schools. None of those schools should ever charge tuition to any but the wealthiest students.
    That's a good episode. Righteous indignation galore.
    "...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
    "You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
    - SeattleUte

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    • hostile
      lollygagger
      • Dec 2009
      • 5736

      #3152
      Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
      80-90%
      I guess the difference is BYU applies the subsidy across the entire student population rather than to those with financial need
      "You interns are like swallows. You shit all over my patients for six weeks and then fly off."

      "Don't be sorry, it's not your fault. It's my fault for overestimating your competence."

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      • wuapinmon
        Soul Plumber
        • Dec 2008
        • 30711

        #3153
        Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
        Recently listened to the Malcolm Gladwell podcasts on the gigantic endowments for elite schools. None of those schools should ever charge tuition to any but the wealthiest students.
        Hey, all of that wealth requires several layers of administrators. Administrators whose salaries are determined by market forces, of course.
        "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
        The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

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        • Bo Diddley
          Senior
          • Jul 2012
          • 18844

          #3154
          Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
          80-90%
          Wow! I think it was 70% when I was attending.

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          • wuapinmon
            Soul Plumber
            • Dec 2008
            • 30711

            #3155
            Originally posted by Bo Diddley View Post
            Wow! I think it was 70% when I was attending.
            They've added a couple a hundred administrators since then. Market forces.
            "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
            The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

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            • Jeff Lebowski
              Corporate lackey for Jesus
              • Nov 2008
              • 69792

              #3156
              Originally posted by Bo Diddley View Post
              Wow! I think it was 70% when I was attending.
              It depends who you talk to. 80% is the number I hear most often.
              "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
              "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
              "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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              • Bo Diddley
                Senior
                • Jul 2012
                • 18844

                #3157
                Originally posted by wuapinmon View Post
                They've added a couple a hundred administrators since then. Market forces.
                Right. And have you seen some of those mountain view offices? They ain't cheap!

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                • falafel
                  loves to talk on things
                  • Mar 2009
                  • 38022

                  #3158
                  Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                  Recently listened to the Malcolm Gladwell podcasts on the gigantic endowments for elite schools. None of those schools should ever charge tuition to any but the wealthiest students.
                  That was a great episode. Especially the part with the greedy Stanford president.
                  Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

                  Dig your own grave, and save!

                  "The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American

                  "I know that you are one of the cool and 'edgy' BYU fans" -- Wally

                  GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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                  • Bo Diddley
                    Senior
                    • Jul 2012
                    • 18844

                    #3159
                    Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                    It depends who you talk to. 80% is the number I hear most often.
                    BYU published that number along with the tuition rates. They didn't charge nonmembers 70% more though.

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                    • Clark Addison
                      Senior Member
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 10323

                      #3160
                      I wonder how many Mormons on average are in Tony Finau's gallery in any given week. I was hanging out at club at the 8th hole yesterday and when Tony's group came through I saw four Mormon couples following them.

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                      • myboynoah
                        Senior Member
                        • Nov 2008
                        • 21719

                        #3161
                        Originally posted by Clark Addison View Post
                        I wonder how many Mormons on average are in Tony Finau's gallery in any given week. I was hanging out at club at the 8th hole yesterday and when Tony's group came through I saw four Mormon couples following them.
                        Did they have black name tags?
                        Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!!

                        For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.

                        Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."

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                        • Bo Diddley
                          Senior
                          • Jul 2012
                          • 18844

                          #3162
                          Originally posted by myboynoah View Post
                          Did they have black name tags?
                          No, he was probably trying to see their underwear--sicko!

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                          • myboynoah
                            Senior Member
                            • Nov 2008
                            • 21719

                            #3163
                            Originally posted by Bo Diddley View Post
                            No, he was probably trying to see their underwear--sicko!
                            It was probably just their glows.
                            Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!!

                            For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.

                            Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."

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                            • BigFatMeanie
                              Senior Member
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 7138

                              #3164
                              Is there a dumber song than Horse With No Name? I think not.

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                              • Jeff Lebowski
                                Corporate lackey for Jesus
                                • Nov 2008
                                • 69792

                                #3165
                                Originally posted by BigFatMeanie View Post
                                Is there a dumber song than Horse With No Name? I think not.
                                Ha. Agreed.
                                "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                                "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                                "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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