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Originally posted by baltassoc
And I'd note that the statistic compares apples to oranges. It's comparing tuition on one hand against cost of education on the other.
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Comparing cost of education to tuition is ridiculous.
I'm pretty sure that the bricks and mortar fund for my Catholic elementary/middle school came out of the general bricks and mortar fund for the church it was associated with. There are a lot of people who really do give 10 percent of their income to their church. Additionally, the annual bazzar made a shit-load of money.
My private high school fundraises better than any of the colleges or universities that I've attended. They are a quarter of the way to their $2M goal for the annual fund (9% of the total budget). Additionally, according to the annual report, the endowment per student is at $36,000, which is much, much higher than tuition.
ETA: And the catholics will deeply discount tuition and give group rates, subsidizing through the general church fund. Their interest is getting the kids in while they're young enough to brainwash, and they realize that their own teachings lead to bigger families. They don't want high tuition costs to be to blame for someone using birth control.
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