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Re:After Decades of Growth, Colleges Find It’s Survival of t... by danans on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @02:02PM (#16431959)
> 1. College costs have been outstripping inflation for decades.

At least for public universities, the rise in costs can be largely attributed to the collapse of state support:

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/fancy-dorms-arent-the-m...

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Re:After Decades of Growth, Colleges Find It’s Survival of t... by notyourday on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @04:01PM (#16432949)
Business 101: do more with less.

College admin 101: do about the same with more but with new bright lipstick to put on a pig.

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