Joseph:
“In communities where wives do work, it isn’t inappropriate.” It it worth not paying tuition over it? Also for the “Yeshiva World” (where many of us are, as are the parents of BYOBP) the school should have the mothers work?
SJS answered “Yes, older kids should be working to pay tuition if their parents cannot. Scholarships (especially in hard times) should be given as a last ditch effort, not as a first resort.”
I agree, and know of yeshivos that ask for it, by telling the bochrim they have to do some sort of work for the yeshiva in order to attend (on scholarships).