Re:Some U.S. Colleges Cut Tuition
by analog31 on Monday December 21, 2020 @02:25PM
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All good points. I remain skeptical that loans are what drove prices up. Declining public funding has also played a role. Sending money directly to public colleges rather than sending that money through a twisted loan system makes more sense to me. And the state / regional colleges are cheaper to operate.
I'm paying tuition to two of those schools right now for my kids -- a state "flagship" university, and a regional campus of the state university system.
There are certainly tiers of private colleges, and I wouldn't want to mess with religious schools. I'm mainly thinking of letting maybe the top 20 private colleges in the country become the destination for the top 20000 kids based on whatever criteria they want. But don't let that system continue to distort educational policy and funding for the rest of us.
Re:Some U.S. Colleges Cut Tuition
by anonAndOn on Monday December 21, 2020 @03:48PM
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If the government suddenly stopped willing to back student loans, without question the cost of tuition and/or the amount of 'scholarships' offered to students would respond commensurately.
I'm paying tuition to two of those schools right now for my kids -- a state "flagship" university, and a regional campus of the state university system.
There are certainly tiers of private colleges, and I wouldn't want to mess with religious schools. I'm mainly thinking of letting maybe the top 20 private colleges in the country become the destination for the top 20000 kids based on whatever criteria they want. But don't let that system continue to distort educational policy and funding for the rest of us.