News-Letter

Guarantee a set tuition for four years.

I suggest that the 16,000 applicants seeking acceptance to a class of approximately 1,200 might contradict your supply and demand reference. And I disagree there are no objective measures of a Johns Hopkins education - at least one, starting salaries is readily available, Some tuition policies, however should be changed. I am fortunate enough to be able to pay for my student's education. This is possible only after 18 years of planning and saving. It is indeed a privilege to write out that check. It is however a bit frightening when you don't know what the costs will be from year to year. I think there should be an option of paying the entire four years tuition "up front" and locking in those costs at the rate of the student's freshman year. Of course, room, board and books, etc. would rise with inflation. But knowing your costs at the outset, while not eliminating the pain, would eliminate some of the anxiety.