By: Shawn Cohen
If families overestimate the price of college, why are students still graduating $27k in debt, on average? When many families are having trouble understanding the FAFSA, let alone other forms of...
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Basically, college tutition has become another tax on the wealthy — a redistribution of income from the have to the have-not’s. The “wealthy” are paying full-sticker price of tuition which is going to...
View ArticleBy: JG
To critique Critic’s first comment, on the contrary, the opportunity cost in question is the lost wages of not going to college and receiving a higher degree. It’s not much help in the short term, but...
View ArticleBy: Anonymous BE
Let’s pull apart some of the assertions made by this representative of the College Board. Remember, the College Board is a monopolistic organization that refuses any external evaluation of its...
View ArticleBy: Thomas
Rarely do I read anything in this space that is as well written and conceived as the one by Anonymous BE. Further to my earlier point about income re-distribution, it’s now being done in a very...
View ArticleBy: Lyle Vos, HRH, PhDD
The real question is what is a college degree worth now. A college education has come to mean nothing. It is essentially what a high school degree was 30 years ago. People graduate from public colleges...
View ArticleBy: Banty
Three cheers for Anonymous BE. This from a single-parent family with an income just above the “needs based” amount for one child in college, who (shame on us, I guess) saved, and will probably be...
View ArticleBy: MFallon
Ideally students should be able to compare their specific aid eligibility and net costs before they apply to colleges so they can make smart college choices. Academic studies for years have shown that...
View ArticleBy: JS
I completely disagree with the idea that a student without enough money that graduates at the top of his or her class should have to settle for community college and then transfer. As a UCLA student,...
View ArticleBy: AM
Pricing of college tuition is an example of price discrimination, higher income families pay more and lower income families pay less. The ultimate economic effect on the public is a reduction of...
View ArticleBy: Shawn Cohen
If families overestimate the price of college, why are students still graduating $27k in debt, on average? When many families are having trouble understanding the FAFSA, let alone other forms of...
View ArticleBy: david r
Basically, college tutition has become another tax on the wealthy — a redistribution of income from the have to the have-not’s. The “wealthy” are paying full-sticker price of tuition which is going to...
View ArticleBy: JG
To critique Critic’s first comment, on the contrary, the opportunity cost in question is the lost wages of not going to college and receiving a higher degree. It’s not much help in the short term, but...
View ArticleBy: Anonymous BE
Let’s pull apart some of the assertions made by this representative of the College Board. Remember, the College Board is a monopolistic organization that refuses any external evaluation of its...
View ArticleBy: Thomas
Rarely do I read anything in this space that is as well written and conceived as the one by Anonymous BE. Further to my earlier point about income re-distribution, it’s now being done in a very...
View ArticleBy: Lyle Vos, HRH, PhDD
The real question is what is a college degree worth now. A college education has come to mean nothing. It is essentially what a high school degree was 30 years ago. People graduate from public colleges...
View ArticleBy: Banty
Three cheers for Anonymous BE. This from a single-parent family with an income just above the “needs based” amount for one child in college, who (shame on us, I guess) saved, and will probably be...
View ArticleBy: MFallon
Ideally students should be able to compare their specific aid eligibility and net costs before they apply to colleges so they can make smart college choices. Academic studies for years have shown that...
View ArticleBy: JS
I completely disagree with the idea that a student without enough money that graduates at the top of his or her class should have to settle for community college and then transfer. As a UCLA student,...
View ArticleBy: AM
Pricing of college tuition is an example of price discrimination, higher income families pay more and lower income families pay less. The ultimate economic effect on the public is a reduction of...
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