Re:Tuition costs have risen 710% since 1983 (1200% since 198...
by janalsncm on Monday July 10, 2023 @03:21PM
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Ultimately it doesn’t matter if the cause is administrative bloat, government-backed student loans that can’t be defaulted on, or space aliens. What is not debatable is that higher education is necessary in an advanced economy, and starving the job market of highly skilled workers is a fast track to companies shifting to other places where they are more abundant.
Either the US will figure it out like every other developed nation has seemed to do, or there will be grave geopolitical consequences. Whether the US political/economic machine can figure it out is a question that only time can answer.
Re:Tuition costs have risen 710% since 1983 (1200% since 198...
by Clubber on Monday July 10, 2023 @02:57PM
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When I went to school ages ago when it was reasonably priced, they did a breakdown of the tuition. Half of it was stupid bullshit the student government voted on over the years.
"Too many piglets, not enough tits" -AL
Right before I graduated, my school decided to build a new football stadium, because they decided using the city's stadium wasn't attractive enough for students. They promised tuition wouldn't be used to pay for it, and it wasn't. We just got something like $500 added to student "fees" instead.
I have no sympathy for universities and colleges in the US, only for the students who were duped into thinking they didn't have another choice.