Ten Things Destroying American Higher Education

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Ten Things Destroying American Higher Education

    By Richard Vedder October 8, 2018
 

America’s colleges and universities are in trouble: falling enrollments, declining public support, even the beginnings of a decline in our dominance in international rankings. While many factors are at work, here are the top ten things I think are destroying America’s colleges and universities.

First, going to college is too costly. Tuition fees have roughly doubled, adjusting for overall inflation, in the last generation. They have risen faster than people’s incomes –a rarity in a country which has had economic growth almost continuously since its first European settlement in 1607. Total spending per student on colleges is significantly higher in the U.S. than almost anywhere else in the world.

https://www.mindingthecampus.org/2018/10/08/ten-things-destroying-american-higher-education/

[Sanguine]

Good article.

[dfwgator]

I'd study overseas if I had to do it all over again.

[DB]

Tuition costs have risen because the government decided to provide easy money, government backed loans to go to college.

Just like the 2007 real estate bubble easy money made the cost of housing rise dramatically.

When access to money is easy people can "afford" more so the prices go up to match what they can "afford".

Just more good intentions via government that destroys everything it touches.

Do people learn from it? No evidence of it so far...