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Old 08-25-2022, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by njbchbum View Post
Don't know where you worked your way thru college - but in 1966 when I attended college and worked my part-time job at Bamberger's Dept Store the min wage was $1.96/hr which equals out to close to $11/hr today.

As you say - discussing abusive tuition costs are for another day.
I went to college about 10 years after you did (75-79). Tuition, room & board (at the Univ of MD) were just over $2,100/year... I could make most of that working weekends and over the Summer (I worked construction, making $7.50/hr...)

I had plenty of friends who were able to work their way thru college.

My point was that TODAY, that is not possible...
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