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My 2x daily inhaler is $450 without insurance in the US. I purchase the same inhaler in the Bahamas for $60, without insurance.
Typically the expense to build all of those non-academic portions of a campus are not part of tuition, they are funded by a separate fee and are not funded by the university or college. It does add to the overall expense but it is not part of why tuition has gotten so high. And those fees for non-academic facilities like gyms are voted into being by the student body.The college tuition problem is from American college students wanting gyms, starbucks, movie theaters, swimming pools, yoga studios and butthole waxing salons on campus. In Germany, and Europe in general, tuition is much cheaper or subsidized because you get a stack of books and a teacher. That’s it.
Typically the expense to build all of those non-academic portions of a campus are not part of tuition, they are funded by a separate fee and are not funded by the university or college. It does add to the overall expense but it is not part of why tuition has gotten so high. Much earlier in California you could go to UCLA or any of the other UCs or State Colleges and there was no tuition, there were modest fees but no tuition. All of those institutions were funded through the state budget. In the 60's there was a lot o protest on campuses throughout the US due in large part to war protests. Politicians seized on that unrest and used the Higher Ed generally as a foil to gain election to office by condemning the protests which was a front page topic making the general public uncomfortable. The political move was to run on condemning the protests, promising to balance budgets by saying that they should no longer subsidise public institutions of higher ed. That is when these politicians introduced the tax cuts and transferred a large part of the state's financial burden directly to students through introduction of tuition. Over the years states have since continued to find that a great budget balancing tool is to cut the budget for public colleges and raise tuition to make up for it.
Everybody will have an opinion on tuition. I think that our country has suffered greatly as a result of our defunding of public higher education in the US. For democracy to remain strong it is important that we maintain a well educated population. We gave up funding one of our most important assets and we are currently suffering from that big change that started in the 60's.
I have a suggestion for everyone who participates in this thread. Please stop making it personal, make it about the topic and don't attack people for having an opinion. If you think they have an opinion that is not well informed, simply provide the part of the argument they might be missing.
Now. back got to the topic, yes car prices are going up but so is housing, food and the cost of most consumer items. I agree, For every problem like this one there are business opportunities (how do you fill the need for transportation).
Yeah look how well government schools are going so far: “Testing is racist, 2+2=5, etc”
I put my kid in one of the “free” daycares for 2 days. He came back with bite marks on his face and talking about inappropriate things.
No thanks.
No amount is information will fix people being misinformed. Being misinformed is a personal choice at this point, not a lack of available information.
No amount is information will fix people being misinformed. Being misinformed is a personal choice at this point, not a lack of available information.
Sadly, questioning things nowadays is frowned upon. Even on Quora, I see answerers responding to questions as being incorrect statements, rather than queries by a person who may find certain things being amiss, and wanting to explore why.I agree no amount of information will keep people from being misinformed. However a lack of education and an inability to engage in actual critical thinking will.
Critical thinking is really one of the most important take aways you should get from a college education. Not that you can only become a critical thinker by going to college but it is part of what professors impart in their classrooms generally. You are making a good argument for higher education which helps people decipher all of that information and causes them to be critical thinkers for their entire life.
Sadly, questioning things nowadays is frowned upon. Even on Quora, I see answerers responding to questions as being incorrect statements, rather than queries by a person who may find certain things being amiss, and wanting to explore why.
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Sorry but 1 guy on the forum who resorts to rudeness and childish namecalling hardly qualifies as me getting “pounded”. How many weeks of arbitrary adversity can you keep up? At some point you have to admit that attacking someone for an opinion puts you on the losing side of any debateNo, questioning things without actually doing 5 minutes of critical thinking and research is why you get pounded every time you post.
But way to go, you've managed to turn the people spreading misinformation into the real victims.
Sorry but 1 guy on the forum who resorts to rudeness and childish namecalling hardly qualifies as me getting “pounded”. How many weeks of arbitrary adversity can you keep up? At some point you have to admit that attacking someone for an opinion puts you on the losing side of any debate
Sorry but 1 guy on the forum who resorts to rudeness and childish namecalling hardly qualifies as me getting “pounded”. How many weeks of arbitrary adversity can you keep up? At some point you have to admit that attacking someone for an opinion puts you on the losing side of any debate
Can I call myself out for my opinions wanting to argue with my opinions? I know it's time to quit when I can't agree with myself.
That's called schizophrenia, Jim.