This is why College in America costs so much....the U.S. government...

[JoeB131]

As usual:

you have nothing intelligent to add to a conversation? We knew that.

Then again, maybe college was wasted on you. I've not seen you add anything smart to a conversation, not once, not even by accident.

 

[Windparadox]

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I read the link to the original article the OP mentioned - Answering the Perennial Question: Why Does College Cost So Much? — The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal - and found it lacking and bias. The author, Richard Vedder, makes a great case that the colleges themselves are at fault for higher tuition and costs, but fails miserably when connecting federal aid to that. His rant is more focused on what Amanda Ripley wrote for the Atlantic magazine than actually doing any research on the topic.

One point I can agree on is that colleges generally are top heavy with administrators and specialists but that holds true for most primary and secondary school systems across the nation, especially in urban districts. While that is a problem, Vedders diatribe fails to make a concrete connection between that and federal aid.

The National Review took a flawed opinion piece and made it worse.
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[Crepitus]

Yep......

The reason college is creating a financial problem for families sending kids to get an education can be linked back to the Federal Government and the 4th Greatest Lie......"I'm from the Government and I am here to help."


College Rising Cost: Federal Subsidies Elephant in the Room | National Review

He writes:

She fails to even fleetingly mention one thing unique to American higher education that has been an enormous factor in driving up costs: the federal student financial assistance programs. The money from those programs has provided universities an opportunity to raise fees aggressively, using the proceeds to fund a very costly and unproductive academic arms race, including ultra-posh buildings, climbing walls and lazy rivers, and college sports programs that are out of control both financially and morally.

That omission is not surprising. Progressives can never bring themselves to admit that any of their “compassionate” programs like minimum-wage laws, rent control, or educational subsidies have adverse effects.


Vedder also points out (based on his long experience in higher ed) that most college leaders have no interest in cost control. They would much rather compete on prestige and luxurious amenities than on price.

His conclusion “sticks the landing,” as they’d say in gymnastics:

“Government has been the problem, not the solution. In the era before big government came to dominate higher education, fees grew less rapidly than people’s income, enrollments rose, and America became acknowledged as the world’s leading center for learning at the highest levels. We can return to high quality, affordable higher education, but only if we’re willing to end federal subsidies. It’s time for liberals to understand that.”

Not the government, but greed and unregulated capitalism taking advantage of the government.

In other words republican scumbags.

 

[JoeB131]

Not the government, but greed and unregulated capitalism taking advantage of the government.

In other words republican scumbags.

To be fair, most Colleges are run by liberals...

And there is a valid complaint to be made that college have become too top heavy with activities that have little to do with the professor in the classroom teaching a class.

 

[Crepitus]

Not the government, but greed and unregulated capitalism taking advantage of the government.

In other words republican scumbags.

To be fair, most Colleges are run by liberals...

And there is a valid complaint to be made that college have become too top heavy with activities that have little to do with the professor in the classroom teaching a class.

No, most of the professors may be (no real proof of that either way) but the administration most definitely is not. They are die-hard money-grubbing conservitards.