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eliminates tuition fees

by slater 3y ago

dangus 3y ago
You aren’t interpreting this correctly, they are indeed eliminating all tuition, not just the fees.
- titanomachy 3y ago
  “Tuition” is teaching. “Tuition fees” are the fees you pay to be taught. Admittedly pedantic, but they are not wrong.
  - kopecs 3y ago
    > “Tuition” is teaching. “Tuition fees” are the fees you pay to be taught. Do you have a source for this? I am reasonably sure that in American English "Tuition" can certainly mean the fees you pay to be taught.
  - delecti 3y ago
    It seems that "tuition fees" might be a commonwealth term. In the US, the name of the fee is simply "tuition".
    - lupusreal 3y ago
      Correct. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tuition#English https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tuition#English > (Canada, US) A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a high school, boarding school, university, or college). > Synonym: (UK) tuition fees Slater's correction may still be fair, despite the context of this being an American school, because it's a headline from a British website..
- entropyie 3y ago
  Tuition is the act of teaching... I sure hope they aren't eliminating that. It is indeed the fees that are being eliminated.
  - dangus 3y ago
    In US vernacular it works like this: Tuition = the money you pay for your schooling, I.e., credit hours. Fees = Costs on top of tuition like registration fees, application fees, and other miscellaneous charges that aren’t represented in the per-credit hour price of school. If you told someone in the US that their school was eliminating fees they’d take that to mean that they were getting a small discount on a still-very large cost. Think in the realm of $30-100 per semester. American English has basically detached the word “tuition” to have anything to do with the teaching.
  - recursive 3y ago
    No, tuition is only the cost associated. Or at least, it certainly can be the cost. I've never heard any other usage.
rahimnathwani 3y ago
Semantic drift :(
samatman 3y ago
In the American dialect of English, the only meaning of tuition is the fees students pay to receive their education. This school is located in America.
- ejb999 3y ago
  Not always - 3 of my kids got awards that paid for their entire 'tuition' at a good state school in New England (USA). The 'tuition' was $1800/year - the fees added on another $14K, and then the housing and food added another $10K on top of that - The state kept advertising how kids could get 'free tuition' if the met the academic requirements (combination of testing high enough and overall GPA) - but in reality, it worked out to less than 10% of the actual cost of attending this in-state, public university. Was still nice to get the $1,800 off the bill, but it was hardly 'free tuition'. PS: Not criticizing this medical school plan - just pointing out that the definition of tuition can, and does, vary - even in the USA.

eliminates tuition fees

by slater 3y ago

eliminates tuition fees

dangus 3y ago

You aren’t interpreting this correctly, they are indeed eliminating all tuition, not just the fees.

titanomachy 3y ago
“Tuition” is teaching. “Tuition fees” are the fees you pay to be taught. Admittedly pedantic, but they are not wrong.
- kopecs 3y ago
  > “Tuition” is teaching. “Tuition fees” are the fees you pay to be taught. Do you have a source for this? I am reasonably sure that in American English "Tuition" can certainly mean the fees you pay to be taught.
- delecti 3y ago
  It seems that "tuition fees" might be a commonwealth term. In the US, the name of the fee is simply "tuition".
  - lupusreal 3y ago
    Correct. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tuition#English https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tuition#English > (Canada, US) A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a high school, boarding school, university, or college). > Synonym: (UK) tuition fees Slater's correction may still be fair, despite the context of this being an American school, because it's a headline from a British website..
entropyie 3y ago
Tuition is the act of teaching... I sure hope they aren't eliminating that. It is indeed the fees that are being eliminated.
- dangus 3y ago
  In US vernacular it works like this: Tuition = the money you pay for your schooling, I.e., credit hours. Fees = Costs on top of tuition like registration fees, application fees, and other miscellaneous charges that aren’t represented in the per-credit hour price of school. If you told someone in the US that their school was eliminating fees they’d take that to mean that they were getting a small discount on a still-very large cost. Think in the realm of $30-100 per semester. American English has basically detached the word “tuition” to have anything to do with the teaching.
- recursive 3y ago
  No, tuition is only the cost associated. Or at least, it certainly can be the cost. I've never heard any other usage.

rahimnathwani 3y ago

Semantic drift :(

samatman 3y ago

In the American dialect of English, the only meaning of tuition is the fees students pay to receive their education. This school is located in America.

ejb999 3y ago
Not always - 3 of my kids got awards that paid for their entire 'tuition' at a good state school in New England (USA). The 'tuition' was $1800/year - the fees added on another $14K, and then the housing and food added another $10K on top of that - The state kept advertising how kids could get 'free tuition' if the met the academic requirements (combination of testing high enough and overall GPA) - but in reality, it worked out to less than 10% of the actual cost of attending this in-state, public university. Was still nice to get the $1,800 off the bill, but it was hardly 'free tuition'. PS: Not criticizing this medical school plan - just pointing out that the definition of tuition can, and does, vary - even in the USA.