At MIT, students from families earning under $200,000 a year, with typical assets, can usually…
In 1978, a student with a full time summer minimum wage job could, on average, earn enough to cover…
In 1978, a student with a full time summer minimum wage job could, on average, earn enough to cover…
The average university student in 1979 only had to work 182 hours per year…
The average university student in 1979 only had to work 182 hours per year (a part-time summer job) to pay for tuition, whereas the average 2013 student had to work 991 hours (a full-time job for half the year).