[ken in texas]

There have been occasional discussions on FR about the often ridiculous cost of higher education these days. Harvard provides a good example of why costs are so out of control, and Harvard is probably not the only one.

[AZJeep]

The Education area - Universities, High schools, elementary schools etc. is incredible inefficient.
With all the advancements in computerization, all companies practically eliminated administration. But in Universities, the number of administrators seems to be rising every year!
Since Administrators decide, where to spend or cut, they will assign themselves the bulk of money!

This needs radical change!

[bgill]

Colleges have turned into greedy money indoctrination centers. In the 70s, it was cheaper to send your kid to college than to house him in the basement. Tuition at my state university was $3/hr making a regular 3 hr course $9. As a reference, minimum wage was $2.30/hr. Taking 18-21 hr/sem and going summers could shave off 1.5 years to graduate early saving $$$. That was before today’s high school AP classes but then we didn’t have to take all the hooey woke stuff. It was $7/semester to have a dorm room without a roommate (don’t get me started on wacko roommates). Students worked or volunteered as support staff. Today, students turn down campus jobs because they pay lowly insulting minimum wage and only take 9 hs/sem whining that’s too hard.

[SuperLuminal]

This kind of waste can be documented for just about every college/university in the country...