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In reply to the discussion: How Did College Education Become So Ridiculously Expensive? [View all]Jeff In Milwaukee
(13,992 posts)67. Complete and unadulerated Horse Shit...
You know who says that "student loans cause tuition to increase?" Piece of shit legislators who keep cutting the funding to higher education and who are, as a result, desperate to find somebody to blame for their own stupid decisions.
In 2011-2012, states ON AVERAGE, decreased funding to state colleges and universities by 6.7% -- and over the last thirty years, when adjusted for inflation, states have decreased their support for higher education by (in some states) more than 50%.
Yeah. It's the fault of the loans. That's like blaming bandages because the patient is bleeding. There is nothing about the soaring cost of higher education that cannot be traced directly back to the decisions made by politicians to defund public education.
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This is false on it's face, there's less money going to colleges from state and feder government ...
uponit7771
Mar 2014
#53
Out in the world, computerized instruments have driven massive productivity gains.
Thor_MN
Mar 2014
#11
It's both the instructional technology and the student information systems that have grown.
Gidney N Cloyd
Mar 2014
#44
YES!! There's NO FREAKIN REASON the head football coach should get paid 5 million a year!
uponit7771
Mar 2014
#54
There is EVERY FREAKIN REASON if their program brings 10 million in revenue to the school
OmahaBlueDog
Mar 2014
#69
At my local community college, state support has been cut WAY back in recent years.
raccoon
Mar 2014
#12
yes! especially on the 3rd paragraph: everything valuated strictly on dollar terms
MisterP
Mar 2014
#63
UT has over $8Billion in its endowment. Why are student fees going up every year?
marble falls
Mar 2014
#23
In the 80's University College Dublin (public school) subsidized the following:
Divernan
Mar 2014
#57
Public universities w/ obscenely luxury dorm facilities; for one percenter wannabes?
Divernan
Mar 2014
#40
Lifestyle and amenities on campus are better than almost all will be able to afford after graduating
FarCenter
Mar 2014
#47
MBA's and other financial wizards took over colleges and hospitals and developed a long list of
Douglas Carpenter
Mar 2014
#71