Re:Why Does College Cost So Much?
by slavak on Saturday February 19, 2011 @10:55AM
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This seems to be a much better explanation than the article provides, which seems to be along the lines of "the smart people teaching in college must be paid a lot."
The answer to the question posed by the headline is: It isn't. The correct question would be "Why does College cost so much IN THE US?," which implies there's a fundamental difference between the higher education system of the United States vs. that of a large part of the world.
You COULD claim that professors in other countries are being paid ridiculously low wages, but this sounds far fetched. A much more convincing explanation, in my opinion, would involve the difference in the way the economy of higher education works in the US versus other parts of the world.
The answer to the question posed by the headline is: It isn't. The correct question would be "Why does College cost so much IN THE US?," which implies there's a fundamental difference between the higher education system of the United States vs. that of a large part of the world.
You COULD claim that professors in other countries are being paid ridiculously low wages, but this sounds far fetched. A much more convincing explanation, in my opinion, would involve the difference in the way the economy of higher education works in the US versus other parts of the world.