” my education cost a bit less than $10,000.”
Yep, back in die guten alten zeiten, local Community College was $900 per semester.
CA was free for a very long time.
CUNY Schools were world class institutions, a working family man could afford to get a degree going to night school.
First school that gets back to that, wins.
** Methinks the Internet may finally address it’s true calling.
Meanwhile, in 1986, the median income for families was $29,460. In 2023? $67,521. That's a 229% increase.
So, tuition over that period increased almost four times faster than median income. Today's colleges are borderline criminal grifters.