Yale’s drama school goes tuition-free following $150 million gift from David Geffen – NBC News
“David’s transformative gift will have a ripple effect in our community and around the world,” the university’s president said.
Entertainment mogul David Geffen donated $150 million to Yale University, a gift that will cover tuition for drama students at the Ivy League campus from this point forward, the school said Wednesday.
The donation also means the School of Drama will now be known as the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University, according to a statement.
“The purpose of this extraordinary and unprecedented donation is to ensure that from this day forward, in perpetuity, full-time students in degree and certificate programs will receive 100 percent tuition remission, beginning with the 2021-22 academic year,” the drama school’s statement said. “These programs are now, and always will be, ‘tuition free.’ ”
Yale President Peter Salovey said he hopes the massive gift will open doors to a greater pool of students coming to study drama at the New Haven, Connecticut, school.
“David Geffen’s visionary generosity ensures that artists of extraordinary potential from all socioeconomic backgrounds will be able to cultivate their talent at Yale,” he said in a statement.