In 2024, Glenn and Barbara Britt gave Dartmouth College $150 M, easing tuition costs for families

The donation also marked an important development for Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business, where Glenn Britt completed his MBA in 1972. In March 2024, Dartmouth College in the United States announced that it would receive more than $150 million from the estates of former Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt and his wife, Barbara Britt. The donation, the largest bequest dedicated entirely to scholarships in Dartmouth's 255-year history, was intended to make education more affordable for students from middle-income families. It also provided additional scholarship funding for students at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business.According to the college, the gift allowed Dartmouth to nearly double the annual family income threshold under which parents are not expected to contribute towards their children's undergraduate education. The limit increased from $65,000 to $125,000 for families with typical assets. Dartmouth said the revised threshold was the most generous of its kind in the United States at the time.Under the arrangement, three-quarters of the donation was allocated to undergraduate financial aid, while the remaining quarter was set aside for scholarships at Tuck. The new policy wa...