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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
if the church no longer subsidizes tuition at BYU, yes, the place would be radically different. Would be like southern virginia. Or SMU.
I'm not a legal expert, but I wonder if we might see a situation where no BYU students could get federal aid (loans or pell grants). That would be a hardship which would impact many.
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Harvard has money set aside for financial aid. Students get charged for tuition based on how much they have and families under a certain HH income level pay no tuition. Conceivably the church could do something similar if suddenly no one could get grants or federal loans. It would cost a lot but they'd just ask for money and there are plenty of wealthy members with a soft spot for BYU who would give money to start such an endowment.
Will this ever happen? I don't know. But I'm pretty confident in saying they'd probably try something like this before giving up the school entirely.