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Re:More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Ap... by meh8881 on Saturday March 18, 2023 @07:36PM (#35214329)
People talking about the economics of college and citing their experience from over two decades ago as if it’s supposed to be comparable to today is really frustrating.
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Re:More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Ap... by irrational on Saturday March 18, 2023 @09:11PM (#35214930)
The economics wasn’t the important part. The things I learned studying ancient history and linguistics and how those have made me a better person and developer are.

I do understand how much tuition has skyrocketed. The year I graduated, tuition was $1,360 per semester. In 2023, tuition is $3,152 per semester. That is a $1,792 increase only 25 years (I graduated in 1998)

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Re:More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Ap... by vxNsr on Sunday March 19, 2023 @02:23AM (#35216531)
What school only charges $6300/yr?
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Re:More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Ap... by irrational on Sunday March 19, 2023 @11:43AM (#35220115)
http://catalog2022.byu.edu/policy/tuition-fees
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Re:More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Ap... by meh8881 on Sunday March 19, 2023 @01:52PM (#35221640)
The economics are absolutely an important part. Your school is very cheap. That’s nice.

But you may well feel differently if you school had been 100x more expensive. Which is not a hyperbolic example.

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