- Janice Hopkins Tanne
- New York
A billion dollar gift will make medical education tuition free for more than 700 students at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York City, a highly rated medical school in a poor area. The gift is intended to attract talented and diverse students who might otherwise not be able to become doctors.1
About 70% of US medical students graduate with education debt averaging $200 000, according to a survey by the Association of American Medical Colleges. Annual tuition at Einstein is more than $59 000, and graduates …