Re:Why Is College in America So Expensive?
by Alupis on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @04:00PM
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This isn't true for all Universities - and for those where it's still an outdated requirement, we should push to change this. Student housing is a rip-off.
Re:Why Is College in America So Expensive?
by vkou on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @04:58PM
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What's happening is the converse - more and more universities are instituting this requirement. After all, the fancy dorms they built aren't going to pay for themselves, if they don't get a captive tenant base.
Nearly all American universities require their students to live in dorms for the first X years of their undergrad.
You can be exempted from this requirement if you are dirt-poor, or are married. [1]
If you are a middle class, unmarried 18 year-old, you are forced to undertake this expense - even if you have the option of living at home, or somewhere cheaper.
It's a blatant money grab. Yes, there are advantages to dorm living, but also lots of disadvantages.
[1] Apparently, all the nonesense about fraternity with your students, and learning independence, and students living in dorms having better grades flies out the window if you're married. Huh. It's almost like it's a thin justification for the university spending millions of dollars on building housing.