Actually, I think this is a great idea. It’s not that I support price controls, or any government involvement in setting consumer prices. However, they are already doing this to other sectors of the economy (e.g. health care), and so why not do it to universities, and give the liberal faculty and administrators a sense of what the policies they support feel like when they are inflicted upon them.
I got my latest degree through the University of Phoenix. The per class tuition remained the same as long as I did not take more than a single class sequence break. If you took a longer break, then you had to pay whatever the new rate was at the time you started up again.
It sounds like you are in favor of price controls.
I mean, it works so well in healthcare...
At least I think Perry is only talking about state schools, which is within the state’s range of responsibilities. (I’ll leave aside the question of whether state schools are necessary at this point.)
My suggestion would be to freeze all instructors, all professors, and all university professionals at their current pay scale for three years as a minimum. After that three-year period, I’m limit all pay raises to a maximum of two percent every two years.
“they are already doing this to other sectors of the economy”
That’s the same argument I posed to myself when I was a kid. “You’re already out past curfew; might as well stay out all night. Can’t get more in trouble, can you?”
Yes. You can.
I do too! Kinda like locking in a 4 year lease rate on a car.........
With that being said, I'm also in favor of eliminating classes that are not specific to one's ultimate degree choice. Classes in the Humanities, sciences and Phys Ed.......
If you eliminate the bullshit classes then quality degrees can be earned in only 2 to 3 years........
Not sure whether your comment was sincere or sarcastic, but . . .
Not all degrees are created equal in terms of cost. There’s way more to some courses of study than lectures from profs.
Providing the necessary facilities, equipment, and expertise to educate scientists and engineers requires more than books, profs, and a classroom like, for example, a degree in English or psychology or history.