Colleges at the breaking point, forcing ‘hard choices’ about education

Re:Colleges at the breaking point, forcing ‘hard choices’ ab... by N1H1L on Thursday April 30, 2020 @02:11PM (#23034060)

PhDs though are never self-funded, so almost entirely the loan is from undergrad.

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Re:Colleges at the breaking point, forcing ‘hard choices’ ab... by wutbrodo on Thursday April 30, 2020 @04:28PM (#23035713)

I didn't mention a loan, and was thinking primarily of opportunity cost (and to a lesser extent, undergrad, though the skills gained in undergrad tend to be the ones directly useful for their current work).

I tend to treat opportunity cost like inflation adjustment: in most cases, failing to include it is an error, so I do it by default.

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Re:Colleges at the breaking point, forcing ‘hard choices’ ab... by skwb on Thursday April 30, 2020 @02:14PM (#23034095)

*STEM PhDs are almost always funded.

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