More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest numbers in 50 years

Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu... by GnarfGnarf on Thursday January 13, 2022 @10:14AM (#29921581)

Start by lowering tuition fees. University administrations have become bloated, profiteering from the truism that you gotta go to college to get a good job.

I got my B.A. in 1968; I owed $800 balance on my student loan ($6,400 today).

My plumber just charged me $430 to install a sink, about an hour and a half's work. That doesn't include the cost of the sink. Are Gender Studies majors making this kind of money?

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Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu... by maxerickson on Thursday January 13, 2022 @10:21AM (#29921656)

Government dollars went a lot further when a smaller percentage of people were enrolling in college. And there was unmet demand for college educated professionals (which is true in some fields today, but probably not as broadly true), so there was more willingness to spend government dollars educating people.

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Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu... by pingeroo on Thursday January 13, 2022 @06:16PM (#29928377)

I realized the absurdity of this when I found out that my university's president earns more than the president of the United States

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