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Tuition is part of the compensation graduate assistants receive for working for the university. There's no reason universities should receive special treatment
by leereeves 9y ago
Tuition is part of the compensation graduate assistants receive for working for the university.
There's no reason universities should receive special treatment here. They should pay their employees enough to live on, after taxes, like all other employers, and the fringe benefit of free tuition should be taxed like other fringe benefits.
- digitaltrees 9y agoIn what way is it compensation? So we should calculate sales tax based on sticker price rather than actual paid price? Grad students receive a salary for their work and a discount from the sticker price of the tuition. They are separate transactions.
- leereeves 9y agoThe transactions are tied: grad students have other (often much better) options for employment; they choose to work for a grad school because they value the free tuition.
- eli_gottlieb 9y agoNo, they choose to work in PhD programs because they value doing research.