As a father of five adult children who have all completed college degree programs at major universities over the past two decades, the upcoming semester is a special occasion because it will mark my final undergraduate tuition payment. Not having to write a check each month to cover a dizzying array of fees, costs, expenses and charges is perhaps the closest thing that I will ever feel to having been emancipated. But any concern that I might have felt about being forgotten by the university has been alleviated by the Alumni Giving Association which has already reached out to me to discuss the ways in which I can transfer whatever is left of my worldly wealth to the betterment of higher education.
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