Will College become a luxury?
This discussion is based on the commentary here.
The commentary makes the point that rising fees are pricing some people out of higher education. I think its great. When demand is this high, markets respond with higher prices out of necessity. When more people want something this badly, it does not get any cheaper to produce it. Colleges are bursting at the seams with students, and the scarcity of professors and classrooms affords them the ability to price as they see fit. As the author of the article says....
"They all recognized the need for well-funded, accessible public education"
Is this statement the greatest oxymoron you have ever heard? We are tired of paying fees for our education, so we demand that you tax us more so that we can pay for our education. Some people never learn.....and many of those become college professors.