Students Beg for Tuition Money Online — from The Chronicle by Sophia Li
As students’ budgets grow tighter than ever, some are resorting to an unusual means to support their college educations: begging for tuition help from strangers online.
A Web site called SponsorMyDegree.com has drawn about 10,000 users since its creation in 2008 by a Colorado couple, Henner and Lilac Mohr. Students can sign up free and create a profile with information about themselves: photos, their hobbies, their career aspirations, the reasons underlying their pleas for help.
