[Old North State]

I agree with the point this writer makes, but I don't think the motivation of most Universities is as diabolical as he makes out. The simplest, the therefore probably the best, explanation for the unintended consequences is purely financial. Universities and colleges react to more money available to students by raising prices to extract it from them. They do this across the board, not just at the top tier.

[.cnI redruM]

I guess I would then question why Swarthmore became more popular after it raised its tuition. Apparently, the higher price tag had a significant amount to do with why people chose to go there.

It could be argued that this is no more sinister than a fashionable lady wanting her man to buy her a Louis Voitton. However, I woke up this morning with the tin foil firmly affixed to my cranium. Though all that foil got cold walking to the metro today; it kept the extra-terrestrial leftism rays at bay.