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The Secret That Colleges Should Stop Keeping (www.theatlantic.com)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They keep raising prices because they can and not because they need more money?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

You didn't read the article did you? The article states that actual prices that people paid have fallen by 22% compared to a decade earlier and only the richest families pay the full sticker price.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

since 2014 but its crazy how much it costs compared to the nineties. My student loans was like a really nice car or suv of the time and I know folks now were its more akin to a mortgage.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

adjuncts are cheaper than tenured professors