Fancy Dorms Aren’t the Main Reason Tuition Is Skyrocketing

Re:Fancy Dorms Aren’t the Main Reason Tuition Is Skyrocketing by smsm42 on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @02:54PM (#12500124)

But it is presented as a state government action to cut funds, when the actual events were that action was to increase funds but not enough to catch up with increasing student numbers. Given that student numbers are not under control of the state government, describing it as a state action to cut funds in misleading.

It is misleading in the same way as to say that the company substantially raised the average salary of employees when in fact what happened is that CEO salary was doubled. Technically yes, that means average salary has increased too. But such statement omits important details that make it misleading.

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Re:Fancy Dorms Aren’t the Main Reason Tuition Is Skyrocketing by chrisbennet on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @05:27PM (#12501341)

Oh, see what you're saying now. You're right. It has been "slanted" as a funding "cut".

That said, I think you'd agree that the government has failed to fund the education of its citizens to the level it used to. I got my college education when it was "cheap" so if I was selfish [OK, more selfish than I am] I would be inclined to go with the "I got mine, tough for you. I had to walk uphill both ways to school, blah, blah. Thanks for paying for my retirement."

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