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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1130511" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>Only in academia.</p><p>Via <a href="http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/13359" target="_blank">College Fix</a>:</p><p style="margin-left: 20px">College costs are on the rise–having increased at a rate that outpaces inflation for more than two decades, contributing to record levels of student debt. Nevertheless, Duke University saw fit to raise the cost of its program even more. <strong>This week Campus Reform reports that Duke has raised student fees in order to pay for sex change operations for any student who wants one.</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Administrators say they will cover the cost of the reassignment surgery up to $50,000 that will be covered with a cause a 0.3 percent increase to overall student fees. LGBT advocates on campus immediately celebrated the university’s decision.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">“The addition of sexual reassignment surgery with a $50,000 cap makes Duke’s student health care plan one of the most, if not the most, transgender-inclusive plans in the country,” Sunny Frothingham, the outreach chair for Blue Devils United told the Duke Chronicle last week…</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1130511, member: 1246"] Only in academia. Via [URL="http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/13359"]College Fix[/URL]: [INDENT]College costs are on the rise–having increased at a rate that outpaces inflation for more than two decades, contributing to record levels of student debt. Nevertheless, Duke University saw fit to raise the cost of its program even more. [B]This week Campus Reform reports that Duke has raised student fees in order to pay for sex change operations for any student who wants one.[/B] Administrators say they will cover the cost of the reassignment surgery up to $50,000 that will be covered with a cause a 0.3 percent increase to overall student fees. LGBT advocates on campus immediately celebrated the university’s decision. “The addition of sexual reassignment surgery with a $50,000 cap makes Duke’s student health care plan one of the most, if not the most, transgender-inclusive plans in the country,” Sunny Frothingham, the outreach chair for Blue Devils United told the Duke Chronicle last week… [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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