The donation from Bloomberg Philanthropies also will expand financial aid for nursing, public health and all graduate programs.
By Susan Svrluga, The Washington PostThe Johns Hopkins University campus in Baltimore. The donation from Mike Bloomberg will allow Hopkins to offer free tuition to medical school students whose families earn less than $300,000 a year. will make medical school free for most students, and increase financial aid for those enrolled in nursing, public health and other graduate programs.annual report, Bloomberg addressed the twin challenges of declining health and education.
Starting this fall, Johns Hopkins will offer medical school students free tuition - normally about $65,000 a year for four years - for those whose families earn less than $300,000 a year. Medical school tuition increases have outpaced inflation at both public and private institutions, said Holly J. Humphrey, president of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, a nonprofit focused on improving the education of health professionals. There has been a shift in who attends, with an increasing share of students from high-income families and dwindling numbers from lower-income homes.
There are other troubling gaps. The country needs more primary care doctors, Desai said, but student debt can drive people toward more lucrative specialty fields.The donation brings total giving from Bloomberg Philanthropies to Johns Hopkins University to a staggering $4.55 billion, an infusion of cash that has allowed the school to vault its aspirations and impact in many areas.
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