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Archive Home > 2008 > July > 21 > What do you do with an endowment of $1.1 billion? How about free tuition?

What do you do with an endowment of $1.1 billion? How about free tuition?

College’s unusual approach spurs questions, debate

By Tamar Lewin / The Bulletin
July 21, 2008

BEREA, Ky. — Berea College, founded 150 years ago to educate freed slaves and “poor white mountaineers,” accepts only applicants from low-income families, and it charges no tuition.

“You can literally come to Berea with nothing but what you can carry and....

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