Colleges everywhere are offering discounts. But instead of calling them cash back incentives or coupons, colleges call them scholarships. In sports women have an easier time getting scholarships relative to men's sports scholarships, but in academics men get scholarships more than women due to the overall sex ratio at colleges in the last few decades.
Yes, they essentially have the parents go through a financial assessment to see how much they can pay and then price the tuition accordingly. It's an ingenious way to charge different rates without being charged with discrimination and ensuring they maximize their income stream. They do call them scholarships but market them as enabling low income college students.
Colleges everywhere are offering discounts. But instead of calling them cash back incentives or coupons, colleges call them scholarships. In sports women have an easier time getting scholarships relative to men's sports scholarships, but in academics men get scholarships more than women due to the overall sex ratio at colleges in the last few decades.
Yes, they essentially have the parents go through a financial assessment to see how much they can pay and then price the tuition accordingly. It's an ingenious way to charge different rates without being charged with discrimination and ensuring they maximize their income stream. They do call them scholarships but market them as enabling low income college students.