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College is expensive, but some still believe it is inexpensive in California.
"But are the new fees excessive? That depends on how you analyze the issue.
In their efforts to deal with huge deficits, state legislators and the governor have required students to pay a larger share of their education. For CSU students, tuition costs have gone up 59 percent over the past five years to $5,382. For UC students, tuition costs have climbed 60 percent during the same period to $10,302. To say that these increases are well beyond inflation since 2005-06 is an understatement.
But there's another way to look at the problem. According to the College Board, a nonprofit national education organization, the average tuition at a four-year public university in 2009 was $7,020. Viewed in context, this data suggests that whatever the sudden increases, CSU students still get their education at bargain prices; on the other hand, UC students are now paying through the nose."
Here is a thought. Maybe if the unions did not own the professors and campus workers, college would be cheaper. Maybe if the schools did not have to pay union premiums, to workers paying bribes, the cost of facilities would be lower; hence the cost of education would be lower.
Of course it is even more expensive NOT to go to college--unless you get a unionized job and pay a bribe--or go to work for the government.
College would be a bargain if all they did was educate--you could do that in three years--the rest is propaganda and worthless courses. Like gym class. Instead of learning about math or history, you run and sweat around a track. This is why more students will stop going classes in a building, but will stay home and learn online--fast, saves the environment, fewer building are needed and less chance of radicalization instead of education.
Yes, college can be a bargain--but not with government ownership.
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"But are the new fees excessive? That depends on how you analyze the issue.
In their efforts to deal with huge deficits, state legislators and the governor have required students to pay a larger share of their education. For CSU students, tuition costs have gone up 59 percent over the past five years to $5,382. For UC students, tuition costs have climbed 60 percent during the same period to $10,302. To say that these increases are well beyond inflation since 2005-06 is an understatement.
But there's another way to look at the problem. According to the College Board, a nonprofit national education organization, the average tuition at a four-year public university in 2009 was $7,020. Viewed in context, this data suggests that whatever the sudden increases, CSU students still get their education at bargain prices; on the other hand, UC students are now paying through the nose."
Here is a thought. Maybe if the unions did not own the professors and campus workers, college would be cheaper. Maybe if the schools did not have to pay union premiums, to workers paying bribes, the cost of facilities would be lower; hence the cost of education would be lower.
Of course it is even more expensive NOT to go to college--unless you get a unionized job and pay a bribe--or go to work for the government.
College would be a bargain if all they did was educate--you could do that in three years--the rest is propaganda and worthless courses. Like gym class. Instead of learning about math or history, you run and sweat around a track. This is why more students will stop going classes in a building, but will stay home and learn online--fast, saves the environment, fewer building are needed and less chance of radicalization instead of education.
Yes, college can be a bargain--but not with government ownership.
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More...