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Has anyone seen any interesting pieces with suggestions on why costs are exploding? I imagine most of their costs are straight salaries. -- nm

Posted by Name Withheld by Request (aka BlueKopo) Oct 4 '16, 10:45

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The below, but also more jobs today require college (including post-grad, and the financial opportunities from having certain specialised degrees are - Roger More Oct 4, 10:54
There are a lot of factors at play. More administration, debt-fueled facility expansion, less support from government. -- nm - spamlet Oct 4, 10:53 7
- Football stadiums -- nm - znufrii, dad. Oct 4, 10:54 5
  - Not only that but also "better amenities" like single rooms and fancy food in the cafeterias. -- nm - spamlet Oct 4, 11:00 4
    - cable, wi-fi. effin pampered millenials! -- nm - decline Oct 4, 11:00 3
      - You laugh, but having taken my daughters to see schools, the extent to which facilities are being upgraded and made more posh is really substantial. - pmb Oct 4, 11:06 2
        
        and yet when I went to University we used to throw pickles and tomatoes on windows to see who would win the race to the bottom -- (edited) - Beaker Oct 4, 11:08 1
        
        (out of fast food burgers) -- nm - Beaker Oct 4, 11:09
- greed -- nm - decline Oct 4, 10:53
Tuition is exploding because states have shifted more of the cost burden to students. The states are paying less of a share of school budgets -- nm - mr monkey Oct 4, 10:48
I'd have to look for pieces but in part it's due to states school's rising at a high rate due to cut funding from the states -- nm - ty97 Oct 4, 10:47 2
- (there are no doubt other factors and it's a complicated question, but that definitely plays in) -- nm - ty97 Oct 4, 10:48 1
  - Yeah, I realized after the fact that this was cost to the consumer(student) and not a general cost question. But I wonder if college costs are.... - Name Withheld by Request Oct 4, 10:54

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Has anyone seen any interesting pieces with suggestions on why costs are exploding? I imagine most of their costs are straight salaries. -- nm

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