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merbex

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14. My stomach just dropped for my kids and their future children

Reply to Zalatix (Original post)

Thu May 31, 2012, 03:10 PM

May 2012

We have one more semester for my youngest at a public university - our oldest knows now that they SHOULD have gone to our state's public university.

Those figures seem very accurate from what I remember was projected 21 years ago when we had our youngest.

Beyond sucks....it is outrageous.

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College Tuition in 18 years from now: $130K A YEAR private, $41K a year public [View all] Zalatix May 2012 OP

I remember when my youngest was born and they were predicting pnwmom May 2012 #1

goodbye, America, it was nice to have known you renate May 2012 #2

2012 costs for the University of Illinois, a public school, in-state tuition is $30,000. riderinthestorm May 2012 #3

So why does this drop like a stone, especially when student loan debt is such a hot issue on DU? riderinthestorm May 2012 #4

I haven't the foggiest. Perhaps you have a pretty solid point. Zalatix May 2012 #5

There's a solid contingent of DUers who blame the students riderinthestorm May 2012 #6

"they should have simply cashed in their stock portfolios...."? We'll get there in due time. Zalatix May 2012 #8

This one baffles me too. Puzzledtraveller May 2012 #10

Like housing costs. sendero May 2012 #7

We've hit that point several times over with college. The problem is this. Zalatix May 2012 #9

We'll. sendero May 2012 #22

Most higher education will not be done by colleges and universities as we know them FarCenter May 2012 #11

Teach to the test. Hooray. What exactly will people actually LEARN??? Zalatix May 2012 #12

I'm starting to think that open source educational software should be developed.. Fumesucker May 2012 #15

Free or low-cost courses are starting to be delivered FarCenter May 2012 #18

Florida State is working on some low-cost online course content that would make them Gidney N Cloyd May 2012 #19

A lot of it is "value pricing" the credential represented by a degree from college XYZ FarCenter May 2012 #20

The tests ensure that students watched the lectures, did the exercises and studied the materials FarCenter May 2012 #16

In my day, colleges also had projects which encouraged some level of innovation, too. Zalatix May 2012 #17

Once the mind/computer barrier is overcome we'll just access the needed skills electronically.. Fumesucker May 2012 #13

My stomach just dropped for my kids and their future children merbex May 2012 #14

I really believe that my family's next generation will be the first ceile May 2012 #21