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Comment by taeric

9 days ago

Have they been failing at their core missions, though? You say there has been an inversion/disconnect between cost of tuition and economic outcomes, but looking at the data doesn't back that. At least, I have yet to see anything that supports an inversion. Diminished returns maybe. Certainly a good case to not take out loans to get into school if you don't have a reasonable chance of graduation.

But that is true of everything we do loans for, nowadays. The amount of consumer debt that people contort themselves into justifying is insane. If you want to use that as evidence that grade schools are failing in education, I can largely agree with you.

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disambiguation  8 days ago

Tuition is skyrocketing and wages are stagnant. I'm not making a hard claim about inversion of ROI, but I don't need to. What's the reason for college becoming so expensive?

  • taeric  8 days ago

    You claim it is inverted. That is a hard claim, full stop. One that is, notably, not supported by any figures.

    I can largely agree that it, similar to other things, has become too expensive. I cannot agree that it is not worth it for folks that can do it.