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Garden Master
“Ability,” Napoleon said, “is of little account without opportunity.” True. But, it is also true that opportunity amounts to little without ability to act on it.
When I was in a public 4 year college in 1970 and I was required to spend a dollar for tuition and fees -- let's say it was a 2016 dollar -- I gained a dollar's worth of education. By the year 2000 (30 years later), I would have had to spend nearly $2 ($1.96) for the same education.
This year, I would have to spend $4 for that education. The College Board's annual report, out today: Trends in Tuition and Fees over Time
In 30 years, it doubled. In another 17 years, it has doubled again, with costs adjusted for inflation.
The good news is that the cost of college is no longer skyrocketing like it did during the recession but if it has slowed, can we really believe that children born tomorrow will NOT have to pay twice as much for higher education than students entering their first semester, this year?
Thank you American Society for making my college ed so affordable.
Steve
When I was in a public 4 year college in 1970 and I was required to spend a dollar for tuition and fees -- let's say it was a 2016 dollar -- I gained a dollar's worth of education. By the year 2000 (30 years later), I would have had to spend nearly $2 ($1.96) for the same education.
This year, I would have to spend $4 for that education. The College Board's annual report, out today: Trends in Tuition and Fees over Time
In 30 years, it doubled. In another 17 years, it has doubled again, with costs adjusted for inflation.
The good news is that the cost of college is no longer skyrocketing like it did during the recession but if it has slowed, can we really believe that children born tomorrow will NOT have to pay twice as much for higher education than students entering their first semester, this year?
Thank you American Society for making my college ed so affordable.
Steve