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Re:Billionaire Robert F. Smith pledges to pay Morehouse 2019... by rgbrenner on Sunday May 19, 2019 @10:21PM (#19957047)
It says the gift will be "up to" $40m. We don't know the actual amount of collective debt. It could be more or less.
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Re:Billionaire Robert F. Smith pledges to pay Morehouse 2019... by WesternStar on Monday May 20, 2019 @02:32AM (#19957989)
A good estimate based on Dept of Ed statistics is around 400*26k or a little over 10 million. He might be able to pay for 4 classes in fact.
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