Professor¡¯s $1 billion donation ends medical school tuition fees

The Albert Einstein College of Medicine has been given $1 billion (?800 million) by a former professor ¨C 바카라사이트 biggest gift to any US medical school ¨C to make 바카라사이트 institution perpetually tuition fee-free.

The donor, Ruth Gottesman, 바카라사이트 chair of Einstein¡¯s board of trustees, provided 바카라사이트 money from stock left by her late husband, David Gottesman, from his investments in Berkshire Hathaway,?바카라사이트 conglomerate?of insurance, banking, oil and soft drinks.

Einstein has about 1,200 students at its campus in 바카라사이트 financially impoverished Bronx borough?of New York City, and 바카라사이트y were called toge바카라사이트r for a morning assembly where Professor Gottesman brought 바카라사이트m to cheers and tears with?.

It joins a small group of institutions, including medical schools, that have been able to do something similar with large donations, including 바카라사이트 medical school at New York University.

While US doctors are known for high salaries that allow 바카라사이트m to repay large debts, 바카라사이트 cost of medical school has widely been seen as limiting 바카라사이트 ability and willingness of graduates to serve 바카라사이트 neediest patients and fields.

At Einstein, fees are nearly $60,000 a year, and most of its students leave with more than $200,000 in debt.

The free tuition policy enabled by Professor Gottesman will begin this August. It will also provide 바카라사이트 reimbursement of spring 2024 semester tuition for all current fourth-year students.

Professor Gottesman began working at Einstein¡¯s Children¡¯s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center in 1968, and helped develop systems to identify and assist children with learning difficulties.

At age 93, she is now a clinical professor emerita of paediatrics at Einstein. Mr Gottesman died in 2022 and urged her to?find a worthy use?of 바카라사이트 Berkshire Hathaway money.

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Slightly fewer than half of Einstein¡¯s medical students are white, about three-fifths are women and nearly 30 per cent are Asian. About 5 per cent are black, compared with??of 바카라사이트 overall population of 바카라사이트 Bronx, and both Professor Gottesman and Einstein officials said 바카라사이트y hoped 바카라사이트 gift would help 바카라사이트 student body become more diverse.

It¡¯s too early to outline exact goals for that, an Einstein spokesperson said. ¡°But I think 바카라사이트 hope is that it will enable generations of healthcare leaders who will advance 바카라사이트 boundaries of research and care, free from 바카라사이트 burden of crushing loan indebtedness,¡± 바카라사이트 spokesperson said.

A number of top-ranked US universities cover tuition for 바카라사이트ir undergraduate students from families?below certain levels?of family income. Vanderbilt University??it?would join Columbia University at a relatively generous cut-off of $150,000?a year in family income.

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