Walking the walk
One thing that keeps us busy at CILAS is sustaining argument: lining up words on papers, shouting in class and falling back on lessons from the past. To make our arguments speak, we have to embody the argument. This is to say that when it comes down to how financing what we do it is important to take time and think about long-term sustainment, and to be careful that what we do doesn’t disrupt the vibe, compromise the love and ensure that it accommodates our students' diversity.
Towards self sufficiency
We are keen on offering an independent liberal arts programme. CILAS brings together students from all walks of life to engage in social, intellectual, and emotional learning. In other words, CILAS recognises not merely the individualistic but also the communal character of the process of knowing. To effectively give voice to participants of the programme and to cultivate community, we need to self-sufficiently grow and cook our own food -- for thought. Localising our sources of income is the way to do so which is why we rely mainly on students contributions to sustain the program.
Operational costs
CILAS' expenditures amount to 700.000 L.E. per academic year. A student at CILAS - considering that CILAS admits 24 students per academic year - costs nearly 22,000 L.E. However, in order to make the programme accessible, fees are reduced to account for less than half of our operational costs, and are distributed fairly between students. The tuition is plus/minus 9000 EGP. If a student is willing to pay above the set fee, it will help tremendously towards securing CILAS sustainability.
One thing that keeps us busy at CILAS is sustaining argument: lining up words on papers, shouting in class and falling back on lessons from the past. To make our arguments speak, we have to embody the argument. This is to say that when it comes down to how financing what we do it is important to take time and think about long-term sustainment, and to be careful that what we do doesn’t disrupt the vibe, compromise the love and ensure that it accommodates our students' diversity.
Towards self sufficiency
We are keen on offering an independent liberal arts programme. CILAS brings together students from all walks of life to engage in social, intellectual, and emotional learning. In other words, CILAS recognises not merely the individualistic but also the communal character of the process of knowing. To effectively give voice to participants of the programme and to cultivate community, we need to self-sufficiently grow and cook our own food -- for thought. Localising our sources of income is the way to do so which is why we rely mainly on students contributions to sustain the program.
Operational costs
CILAS' expenditures amount to 700.000 L.E. per academic year. A student at CILAS - considering that CILAS admits 24 students per academic year - costs nearly 22,000 L.E. However, in order to make the programme accessible, fees are reduced to account for less than half of our operational costs, and are distributed fairly between students. The tuition is plus/minus 9000 EGP. If a student is willing to pay above the set fee, it will help tremendously towards securing CILAS sustainability.