r/nextfuckinglevel 1d ago

Billionaire speaker Robert F. Smith tells 400 graduates he's paying off all their student loans ($40 million in total)

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u/TheNextBattalion 1d ago

I don't think most Americans think about them at all.

It's like with women's colleges, which still exist; they were set up when the target audience was barred from mainstream colleges, and they've shifted a bit since that fact has changed.

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u/TRAVMAAN1 1d ago

I would love to go to a women’s college. Sign me up immediately.