>Why doesn't the university just say the tuition awarded to grad students is $100k? $500k? $1million? Who cares? It doesn't really exist anyway! Because it doe

>Why doesn't the university just say the tuition awarded to grad students is $100k? $500k? $1million? Who cares? It doesn't really exist anyway! Because it does; not all PHD programs offer full stipends all the way through; it's not uncommon at all for grad students to have to get outside grants to cover their tuition as they go (or take semesters off until they do), somehow if the University is paying you not an outside source it shouldn't count as money - despite the university paying professors/facilities/etc for you? That's just off.