[Oberon]

I'm all for education, but the money that universities charge for one now is way too high. It's unjustified. In terms of a job-winning credential, universities and colleges are pricing themselves right out of the cost-benefit analysis.

But if it's the education you're really looking for and you don't care about the paper, you can generally get that at the public library.

[napscoordinator]

But if it’s the education you’re really looking for and you don’t care about the paper, you can generally get that at the public library.

Brilliant. Great point. That was basically saying (your first part of the post) that getting a college degree is more than getting a job. It really expands your mind (and not just the liberal junk) but maths and sciences. I agree that you can get that information at the library especially if you are a go getter.

[Mr Rogers]

In state tuition at the Univ of AZ is now running about $600/credit. A 5 credit math class is thus $3000. Pima Community College runs $268 for the same math class.

Of course, the UofA offers more classes, but I have to wonder why they feel the need to charge 10 times as much. Even a correspondence course from the UofA runs about $600/credit, while the cost to the school is almost nothing.

Why pay it, and why do I pay huge taxes to support schools that then charge outrageous prices? The community college I understand, but the 4 year University? Insane.