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Send a text The underlying cause of the high cost of college is an inability to objectively demonstrate quality or the value added by a college.  Currently, college rankings are determined by the amount of money they have and spend.  Those with more prestige are able to charge higher tuition.   Hig…

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Send a text The high cost of college prevents many from attending or causes others to go into debt at an early age and delay life plans.  Why does college cost so much?  Because there is no objective measure of quality, prestige is determined by how much money a college has and spends.  Individual …
Send a text Purdue University has frozen tuition for the last 13 years while improving its reputation.  This has saved students $6,000 per year, reduced the amount of debt, and improved graduation rates.  How did it do it and why don’t other universities do the same?Theme music: Sunshine by lemonmu…
Send a text The priorities of boards of trustees, administrators , and faculty are often different from those of the students.  Those students are paying into a system which directs funds into activities that do not align with their interests. They do not have the ability to opt out of services the…
Send a text Wealth inequality among universities enables the rich to get richer.  The design of college endowments limits the extent to which they can be used to reduce tuition for everyone.Theme music credit: Sunshine by lemonmusicstudio via Pixabay
Send a text Climbing walls and lazy river pools are conspicuous and attract much attention but add relatively little to the cost of attendance.  On the other hand, colleges have been raising the prices they charge for housing at a rate much higher than inflation.  The building boom on campuses  has…
Send a text Federal regulations and reporting requirements of colleges have grown in recent years forcing them to hire non-instructional staff to comply.  But this only accounts for a small part of the amount spent on administration.Colleges have expanded their scope beyond the core missions of edu…
Send a text Institutional support of sponsored research has grown at twice the rate of inflation for over 60 years and is an overlooked cause of high tuition.  The annual expense of unsponsored research is many thousands of dollars per student and may be an even larger contributor to rising costs.T…
Send a text Service fields such as higher education do not experience large improvements in efficiency so the cost of providing that service rises.  The salaries of professors may contribute a minor amount to the rising cost of college; however, reduced teaching loads and other perks are more impor…
Send a text All intercollegiate athletic programs lose money, except for a few at universities with successful football programs  Students are charged up to several thousand dollars per year to make up the deficit.  Compliance with Title IX also adds to the cost.Websites mentioned in this episode:O…
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