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Re:California State University system sees unprecedented dec... by Escapado on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @01:16PM (#39682119)
Which is still about twice of what I paid for my entire bachelors and masters education in germany and it included a ticket for the entire public transport system in my city for the entire 5 years and full access to _very_ comprehensive library (of both physical books and e-books so there was no need to buy even a single book during my studies).

I may speak from a perspective of ignorance here but I believe 6000$ a year is still prohibitively expensive for a lot of people, especially if they don't want to accrue debt.

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Re:California State University system sees unprecedented dec... by mik1998 on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @01:24PM (#39682223)
It's an infinity% more than what I paid for university in Poland
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Re:California State University system sees unprecedented dec... by zingelshuher on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @06:18PM (#39685619)
Some were even payed for university. Those were times when almost nobody actually could afford to pay, socialism, <beep>
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Re:California State University system sees unprecedented dec... by ramesh31 on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @01:26PM (#39682245)
>I may speak from a perspective of ignorance here but I believe 6000$ a year is still prohibitively expensive for a lot of people, especially if they don't want to accrue debt.

Reality is almost no one pays that. Out of state and international students are just about the only folks paying tuition at CSU. Nearly everyone else is covered by the various state/federal grants, and community colleges are essentially free.

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Re:California State University system sees unprecedented dec... by shuckles on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @01:17PM (#39682136)
Americans take home a lot more money than Germans.
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Re:California State University system sees unprecedented dec... by thehappypm on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @01:22PM (#39682201)
I don’t know, I think it’s still a good deal, I’d rather have cheap tuition and low taxes than high taxes and no tuition
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Re:California State University system sees unprecedented dec... by zingelshuher on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @06:19PM (#39685633)
Agree, it's better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick.
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Re:California State University system sees unprecedented dec... by r00fus on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @01:39PM (#39682425)
At one point, California had free community college. They could have expanded that to CSU instead of charging for CC as well.

But some people in the ownership class have to get new yachts...

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