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Why college costs so much
Waterbury Republican-American ^ | August 17, 2010 | Editorial

Posted on 08/17/2010 6:52:31 PM PDT by Graybeard58

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1 posted on 08/17/2010 6:52:31 PM PDT by Graybeard58
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To: JPG; Pining_4_TX; jamndad5; Biggirl; rejoicing; rightly_dividing; iopscusa; kalee; Lovergirl; ...

Ping to a Republican-American Editorial.

If you want on or off this ping list, let me know.


2 posted on 08/17/2010 6:53:49 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Nobody reads tag lines.)
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Don’t forget the immense number of Administration positions required to keep the scam going.


3 posted on 08/17/2010 6:56:09 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Graybeard58
though the schools' ostensible primary mission is to make widespread higher education affordable.

What trite BS.

If it were actually true, the best teaching instructors and professors would have salaries remotely comparable to those of the best researchers.

http://www.collegiatetimes.com/databases/salaries

4 posted on 08/17/2010 6:57:53 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 (Live Free or Die)
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Overpaid academics?


5 posted on 08/17/2010 6:58:03 PM PDT by doc1019 (Martyrdom is a great thing, until it is your turn.)
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To: Graybeard58

When I went to state school in the late 70s, school was $750.00 a semester. And worth it. My student loan for undergrad and law school was 5G.


6 posted on 08/17/2010 6:58:23 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys)
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To: Graybeard58

Because, it takes a lot of money to support people that live on another planet.


7 posted on 08/17/2010 6:58:27 PM PDT by cruise_missile
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Because college is what economist call a snob good. When the price goes up, so does the quantity demanded.
8 posted on 08/17/2010 6:58:36 PM PDT by Perdogg (Nancy Pelosi did more damage to America on 03/21 than Al Qaeda did on 09/11)
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College costs so much because of loans made available to anyone who wants to go. People with their MBA’s and history degrees have driven up costs even for useful degrees.(MBA’s are great if your dad owns a business)


9 posted on 08/17/2010 7:00:53 PM PDT by rsobin
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To: Graybeard58

The main reason is Gov’t backed guaranteed student loans.

Of course when you have more demand, and deeper pockets, (students with money, ie, easy gov’t money) you are going to have more rising prices on the supply end.

Same reason why health care costs go up, too.


10 posted on 08/17/2010 7:01:02 PM PDT by TeachableMoment
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That and the 24/7 TV shows that tell everyone that kids must go to college and that parents must sacrifice their life savings so “many” of these kids can go party for 4 years.

I'm in the sport fish industry and most fishing guides
I know have a 4 year degree in something that they never intend to use. Just went to college because they were not ready to make a decision on life.

11 posted on 08/17/2010 7:05:51 PM PDT by liberty or death
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College costs so much because the number of programs has increased dramatically over the last 40 years.

Now you have womens studies, black studies, black womens studies, gay studies, black womens gay studies.. etc.

That means you have to hire professors. That means you have to hire admin.

This crap adds millions to school budgets.


12 posted on 08/17/2010 7:06:56 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Helter Skelter. The Revolution is Upon Us.)
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To: Graybeard58
Big Oil = EVIL

Big Pharma = EVIL

Big Health Insurance = EVIL

Big Liberal Universities = RAINBOWS AND UNICORNS

13 posted on 08/17/2010 7:09:46 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (If Sarah Palin was President, you would have a job by now...)
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How timely. I was just on my son's college website paying for books, dorm room and meal plan for Fall. Unbelievable.

The gorram books are a rip off.

14 posted on 08/17/2010 7:13:13 PM PDT by FReepaholic (The problem is they do not fear us.)
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To: Graybeard58

i LOVE this issue. Something I have always felt, and as a dad of three teenage kids one that is becoming very personally interesting.


15 posted on 08/17/2010 7:16:51 PM PDT by babble-on
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To: Graybeard58

I had a professor at the University of Pittsburgh in the 70’s who told us the first day of class that he was there to do research, that he hated teaching and hated students, and that he wouldn’t bother to show up most of the time. He was also my academic advisor - he advised nobody and always made a point of being out of town during registration. A grad student actually did the teaching (and did a pretty good job IIRC). The assistant dean had to sign our registration forms. Of course nothing was ever done to correct the situation.


16 posted on 08/17/2010 7:17:22 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Nope. Not gonna do it.)
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The Case For And Against College
17 posted on 08/17/2010 7:23:04 PM PDT by FReepaholic (The problem is they do not fear us.)
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To: Graybeard58

Another one of those astute analyses of the professoriate that thinks the job description is limited to classroom teaching. According to that kind of analysis, lawyers only work when they are in a courtroom, and corporate CEOs when they are meeting with the board of directors.


18 posted on 08/17/2010 7:40:50 PM PDT by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
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To: Graybeard58

I think a LOT of school scholarships are handed out at schools “costing” $50k per year. The expense to the college is less than that, so its in effect a wealth transfer mechanism.


19 posted on 08/17/2010 7:52:50 PM PDT by C210N (0bama, Making the world safe for Marxism)
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To: Graybeard58

One a**hole responding to this article on Republican-American wrote:

“There are 1010 employess earning over $100,000. (ad 25% for benefits)”

Can’t be much of a cpa if this POS thinks bennies and overhead are 25%.

Assclown obviously never had to do the math for a proposal, his numbers don’t add up and he can’t spell. 25% OH, what world do you think you live in?


20 posted on 08/17/2010 7:55:16 PM PDT by Eagles2003
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