If we can agree on something, it's that modern society pimps college as a necessity. It's not. It's largely a scam. So that right there is conspiracy. Secondly, tuition is a completely fabricated number that some egregious asshole plucked from the thin air and declared "this is the cost of a degree!"
It's not. That's the cost to line their pockets whilst you sink into debt.
So on the one hand, I agree it's basically a contract and they should be honored. On the other, it's all too frequently a deceptive, fraudulent contract that shouldn't be enforced.
Also, in state college students should attend free of charge.
I can get behind your last statement if we the taxpayer had a viable return on our investment. IE a degree that pays, not some panty waste degree in a dying or dead market. And, if the student doesn't finish, or doesn't stay above a certain GPA (3.0 is average) we get our money back. They owe every cent back
I was on campus one day with one of my daughters at the university she decided to go to and I was livid at the amount of buildings fully running air and electricity and she was telling me they don’t use those building. Over a third of the campus buildings were not in use for students but steadily racking up electricity bills. I made the comment so your high tuition is paying for empty buildings and no students inside and degrees that will get you a chance to flip burgers at McDonalds… so yes completely agree on the tuition is a fabricated number… they are just another form of fraud stealing from our kids promising a future that is unattainable with debt they will be sitting on at the end.
I actually don't agree.
If we can agree on something, it's that modern society pimps college as a necessity. It's not. It's largely a scam. So that right there is conspiracy. Secondly, tuition is a completely fabricated number that some egregious asshole plucked from the thin air and declared "this is the cost of a degree!"
It's not. That's the cost to line their pockets whilst you sink into debt.
So on the one hand, I agree it's basically a contract and they should be honored. On the other, it's all too frequently a deceptive, fraudulent contract that shouldn't be enforced.
Also, in state college students should attend free of charge.
I can get behind your last statement if we the taxpayer had a viable return on our investment. IE a degree that pays, not some panty waste degree in a dying or dead market. And, if the student doesn't finish, or doesn't stay above a certain GPA (3.0 is average) we get our money back. They owe every cent back
I was on campus one day with one of my daughters at the university she decided to go to and I was livid at the amount of buildings fully running air and electricity and she was telling me they don’t use those building. Over a third of the campus buildings were not in use for students but steadily racking up electricity bills. I made the comment so your high tuition is paying for empty buildings and no students inside and degrees that will get you a chance to flip burgers at McDonalds… so yes completely agree on the tuition is a fabricated number… they are just another form of fraud stealing from our kids promising a future that is unattainable with debt they will be sitting on at the end.