• PersnickityPenguin
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    1 year ago

    I absolutely agree. There seems to be very little incentive for colleges and universities, and even community colleges, from keeping their tuition and cost at a reasonable level. Tuition in the United States I believe has outpaced inflation by something like 700% over the last 20 years.

    Universities have spent a lot of money investing in shiny new non-academic facilities, like sports arenas and administrative buildings, when their core mission should have been addressed.

    The other pressure that his increased tuition is the fact that the federal government would guarantee all of the student loans that an 18-year-old would need to float in order to graduate college. And unfortunately, now we have millions of Americans who are stuck and long-term debt that may last their entire life. These colleges and universities have largely taken advantage of their students by assuming that they have an infinite tolerance for debt…