Posted on 10/19/2018 7:09:36 AM PDT by reaganaut1
Government subsidies.
Anything the government pays for always costs more than it should.
Bingo! There is no incentive for colleges to reduce costs.
When only the truly qualified were admitted, the prices had a control.
Student loans backed by the government....
that and the proliferation of “administrators”
Because - gummint loans.....
It’s not a “perennial question”. When I went to college, it didn’t “cost so much”. It doesn’t have to be the way it is now.
Because the government got involved in handing out “student loans” like they were candy.
The colleges could charge anything they wanted, and the dumb 18-year olds would borrow it.
Because HR departments knee-jerk Degree requirements for the most mundane office jobs, consquently creating a ‘forced market’ for colleges and a totally manufactured-demand for college attendance.
Answer: You can control someone who is in debt.
Same here. I got out with only 12k in debt. That’s chump change now.
Bingo.
President Trump should immediately cease and desist any and all federal programs supporting colleges and universities. And stop all federal loans and grants for students. Stave the beast. Not another dime.
because people are willing to buy into the idea that they need to go and either pay thru the nose or leech off govt or scholarships etc which in turn make the colleg jack up prices to those paying actual money.
Government backed student loans. DUH! As long as the morons running the program are willing to burn our money in loans, colleges and universities will suck it all up.
It is like healthcare, with government subsidies there is no incentives to reduce costs.
With the improvement in computers, networks, and video conferencing the price of college should have declined over the past 20 years. There is no reason why class size couldn’t be much larger by conferencing with questions sent in remotely. This would have reduced housing costs as well, We should have been able to have more students taught by fewer and better qualified professors.
Okay, but how are those who are “socially promoted” into college paying for it?
With your money and mine, of course. Which is why prices have risen.
If we taxpayers quit wasting our dollars on this crap, two things will happen.
1. College expenses will plummet downward.
2. College standards, grades, and performances will skyrocket upward.
Yes, sorry I didn’t elaborate.
The only way to “promote” the non-college ready crowd is to subsidize them. And you are correct, it’s with OUR money.
Answer: You can control someone who is in debt.
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Very good answer. And add in the fact that many if not most colleges and universities are little more than liberal indoctrination centers filling young skulls full of mush and lies.
“Thank you sir, may I have another.”
“since many more people today are “socially promoted” into college who don’t belong there (I’ve seen it first hand), the price is going to rise. “
But if the “socially promoted” kids have less money then colleges can either set an affordable price or not admit them.
Not everyone pays the quoted price. Its discounted for select groups.
Also, because of financial aid and forgiveness.
Also, because many firms wont hire anyone without a degree.
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