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As defined in The Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008, the net price calculator's purpose is: "…to help current and prospective students, families, and other consumers estimate the individual net price of an institution of higher education for a student.
A college cost calculator, in the United States, is an online tool allowing students and their parents to calculate how much college is likely to cost. [1] [2] Numbers are input into the online calculator, and if done properly, it gives an estimate of the likely expenses for that student attending that particular college.
In the fall of 2011, colleges were required by federal law to post a net price calculator on their websites to give prospective students and families a rough estimate of likely college costs for their particular institution, [59] [75] and to "demystify pricing".
Vanderbilt University will pay out $55 million as part of the settlement of a class action lawsuit that accused the school, along with 16 others, of being a "price-fixing cartel" when it came to ...
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In 2017, a federal endowment tax was enacted in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 in the form of an excise tax of 1.4% on institutions that have at least 500 tuition-paying students and net assets of at least $500,000 per student. The $500,000 is not adjusted for inflation, so the threshold is effectively lowered over time.
While most sources attribute this status to Andrew Carnegie, others argue that it could be Bill Gates, Cornelius Vanderbilt I, John Jacob Astor IV, or Henry Ford. Determining the lower ranks is an even more contentious debate. Vanderbilt left a fortune worth $100 million upon his death in 1877, equivalent to $2.4 billion today. [6]
Vanderbilt men's basketball may be out of NCAA Tournament contention already, according to the NET rankings. But the women's team is surging. Vanderbilt basketball is worst high-major team, and ...