{"id":6,"date":"2025-12-09T10:25:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T10:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gcas.ie\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-02-10T14:02:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T14:02:44","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gcas.ie\/de\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- ABOUT + CALCULATOR SECTION -->\n<section style=\"padding: 6rem 2rem; max-width: 1200px; margin: 0 auto; background: transparent;\">\n  <div style=\"display:flex; gap:4rem; flex-wrap:wrap; align-items:center;\">\n\n    <!-- LEFT: TEXT -->\n    <div style=\"flex:1; min-width:300px;\">\n      <p style=\"font-size:0.9rem; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:0.15em; color:#5B9BD5; margin-bottom:1rem;\">\n        About GCAS\n      <\/p>\n\n      <h2 style=\"font-size:2.5rem; font-weight:600; color:#fff; margin-bottom:1.5rem; line-height:1.15;\">\n        A New Model for<br>Higher Education\n      <\/h2>\n\n      <p style=\"font-size:1.05rem; line-height:1.8; color:rgba(255,255,255,0.8); margin-bottom:1.5rem;\">\n        The Global Centre for Advanced Studies (GCAS) is founded on a radical conviction:\n        the pursuit of knowledge should never require lifelong financial sacrifice.\n        We are the world&#8217;s first institution to offer EU-accredited degrees in which\n        students graduate debt-free and become co-owners alongside faculty.\n      <\/p>\n\n      <p style=\"font-size:1.05rem; line-height:1.8; color:rgba(255,255,255,0.8);\">\n        Our cooperative model directly challenges the commodification of higher education.\n        At GCAS, students from Lagos, Berlin, Mumbai, and Indigenous communities study together\n        as equals, united by a shared commitment to rigorous scholarship, intellectual freedom,\n        and human flourishing.\n      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- RIGHT: CALCULATOR CARD -->\n    <div style=\"flex:1; min-width:300px;\">\n      <div id=\"gcas-mini-calculator-card\" style=\"\n        max-width: 520px;\n        margin: 0 auto;\n        padding: 2rem;\n        border-radius: 16px;\n        background: rgba(255,255,255,0.05);\n        border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.12);\n        box-shadow: 0 12px 40px rgba(0,0,0,0.4);\n        backdrop-filter: blur(10px);\n        -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(10px);\n      \">\n\n        <!-- Header row -->\n        <div style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center; gap:12px; margin-bottom:1rem;\">\n          <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gcas.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GCAS-Logo-1.png?ssl=1\"\n            alt=\"GCAS Logo\"\n            style=\"width:40px; height:auto; opacity:0.9;\"\n          \/>\n          <div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n            <div style=\"font-size:0.75rem; letter-spacing:0.15em; text-transform:uppercase; color:rgba(255,255,255,0.6);\">\n              Savings Estimator\n            <\/div>\n            <div style=\"font-size:1.1rem; font-weight:600; color:#fff; margin-top:2px;\">\n              Compare a Typical U.S. BA\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <p style=\"margin:0 0 1.25rem; text-align:center; font-size:0.9rem; line-height:1.6; color:rgba(255,255,255,0.65);\">\n          Choose a U.S. degree type to estimate how much you may save with GCAS&#8217;s debt-free model.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <!-- Options -->\n        <div style=\"display:flex; justify-content:center; gap:8px; flex-wrap:wrap; margin-bottom:1.25rem;\">\n          <button class=\"gcas-calc-btn\" data-cost=\"90000\">In-State Public<\/button>\n          <button class=\"gcas-calc-btn\" data-cost=\"160000\">Out-of-State Public<\/button>\n          <button class=\"gcas-calc-btn active\" data-cost=\"220000\">Private College<\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <!-- Result -->\n        <div style=\"text-align:center; padding:1.25rem 1rem; border-radius:12px; background: rgba(0,0,0,0.3); border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.08); margin-bottom:1rem;\">\n          <div style=\"font-size:0.7rem; letter-spacing:0.12em; text-transform:uppercase; color:rgba(255,255,255,0.55); margin-bottom:0.5rem;\">\n            Estimated Total Savings\n          <\/div>\n          <div id=\"gcas-calc-savings\" style=\"\n            font-size: 2.2rem;\n            font-weight: 700;\n            color: #5B9BD5;\n            line-height: 1.1;\n          \">\u20ac209,500+<\/div>\n          <div id=\"gcas-calc-message\" style=\"margin-top:0.75rem; font-size:0.85rem; color:rgba(255,255,255,0.65); line-height:1.6;\">\n            Imagine what you could do with an extra \u20ac209,500+\u2014more freedom, more time, and more room to think. 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