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Shermann

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22. Percentage with degrees is only one statistic that can conceal a problem.

Reply to Cirsium (Reply #10)

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 05:21 PM

7 hrs ago

There may be lower cost colleges available, but the average cost has been rising faster than inflation. So, there is basic coverage but fewer affordable options every year (sort of like healthcare).

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In 1970, I returned to college after four years in the USAF. [View all] MineralMan 13 hrs ago OP

The people have voted to defund themselves and enrich the fat cats. It's crazy. 617Blue 13 hrs ago #1

It is refreshing to see a fellow Boomer admit dugog55 13 hrs ago #2

Ditto...in 1978 my tuition and books were less than $300...I was one of the last to serve under the old G.I. Bill. pecosbob 12 hrs ago #3

Over the past 30 years, inflation has averaged 2-3% while tuition inflation has averaged 5-6% in the US Shermann 12 hrs ago #4

Thanks So Much for Your Post. Very Well Said! The Roux Comes First 12 hrs ago #5

Yep. I'd have not been able to attend Uni if tuition was a whole lot higher than it was late 80's AZJonnie 12 hrs ago #6

Yep, early 80's very good state University with in state tuition you could definitley find a way to pay tuition ToxMarz 11 hrs ago #7

In the 1970s, my wife and I worked our way through college and graduate school. Sancho 11 hrs ago #8

Same story starting in 1969 BeneteauBum 11 hrs ago #9

The statistics say otherwise Cirsium 11 hrs ago #10

I don't think those numbers include the cost of tuition loans FakeNoose 10 hrs ago #14

Of course Cirsium 10 hrs ago #19

Percentage with degrees is only one statistic that can conceal a problem. Shermann 7 hrs ago #22

Agreed Cirsium 6 hrs ago #23

Most everything costs ten times what it did in the seventies. twodogsbarking 11 hrs ago #11

One thing in the financial literacy curriculum is overlooked: debt to projected income JT45242 11 hrs ago #12

Realistic, I suppose, but it's just fucking noise. hunter 9 hrs ago #21

Similar story.. surfered 10 hrs ago #13

Couple of years behind you, but Maeve 10 hrs ago #15

GI Bill was great rickford66 10 hrs ago #16

I'm about ten years younger than you, and things were much easier than now. yardwork 10 hrs ago #17

In the late 80s I went back to college and all it cost me was for books. My employer paid the rest. multigraincracker 10 hrs ago #18

I was a Boomer on the GI Bill in early 70's Bavorskoami 10 hrs ago #20

I was having similar thoughts lately. We need a shift left. Joinfortmill 2 hrs ago #24