The exploding cost of college

[@mckaysalisbury134]

Interviewer: “Why is college so expensive” That guy: “They are expensive to run” And then acting like that’s a complete answer. The real question is “why are they so expensive to run” but I guess they want to just gloss over that part

[@abelincolnparth]

It is run by the plantation owners, every university has its foundation that consistently have the same megacorporate representatives. These are the people who decide who you get to vote for on the ballot s.

[@ML-px9nd]

I graduated college in 2019. I did it all by myself, joined americorps (got a scholarship of 5500) then graduated in 3 years with a 4 year degree and earned 16000 in scholarships. Still pay 200 a month and it’s extremely difficult given rent in my area had literally more than doubled in the last 4 years and is now 1600 a month. It feels like no matter how hard you work it’s impossible to make it if you are a Zillenial

[@rkara34]

Exactly. Cost is up by 200%, more at some colleges. You can have several scholarships and grants, work multiple jobs, and still have difficulty paying. I’m in college now. I’m around 25,000 in debt which is pretty good for a senior but I’m planning to get a phd or attend vet school which will costs significantly more.

[@ninjablack4347]

Why aren't young people succesfull? "Well boomer parents, cost of housing, cost of education, lack of good paying jobs and pensions gone have made things a tiny bit difficult"

[@DATAN420]

Y'all ever stop and wonder why TF a book cost 300 dollars?

[@toddmorningstar4206]

Ever wonder why printer ink cartridges cost around $40-$60 to purchase yet less than $1 to produce?

[@DATAN420]

@@toddmorningstar4206 because it's a scam

[@TheseEyesSeeDarknessClearly7]

Ever wonder why we pay MORE for the medical drugs we fund with tax dollars? We pay the highest compared to other countries even though our tax dollars fund the creation. Crooked politicians doing the bidding of million and billionaires. Should've voted Bernie Sanders

[@tenoresw5826]

Education should be a right . The state should facilitate the cultivation of knowledge the same way politicians enjoy high salaries and trifling benefits

[@panterafanloco1600]

It should not be free. America is not europe

[@tenoresw5826]

You are sure right. European countries can teach the US a lot about human rights and equality of opportunity. Capitalism has its place in the marketplace, but not in human socialization. Student fees should not be beyond the reach of the many. Education should level the playing field.

[@Nobody11944]

​@@panterafanloco1600 And that's why America is a dystopia

[@todoldtrafford]

The USA spends more on education than any other country🤦🏻‍♂️

[@lukewackler]

High school is free and on a national level only 25 percent of HS graduates are proficient at both math and English. Why should the government was any money on college? If your degree is not in STEM, it is a useless degree in the 2000s

[@karthifromnyc2834]

Go with the community colleges. It's actually good than you think

[@soofascinating]

Abolish colleges.. use technology get digital education and giving exams.

[@ziwer1]

except for medicine, engineering. Everything else > digital.

[@soofascinating]

@@ziwer1 only machines can do justice with your fees.

[@Charlie_Loves]

Elementary school: free Middle school: free High school: free College/University: hold on now

[@jaloux8583]

You’re missing a key point liar, public schools are “free”. Nothing is free so wake the f up. Private schools cost money, private colleges cost money. County colleges cost next to nothing.

[@karinaf8326]

@@jaloux8583 Public universities are still expensive for most people.

[@racer776690]

@@karinaf8326 Worst part is if you want a public university outside your state, you pay out-of-state whish is almost the same as a private tuition.

[@joshuarussell1165]

You definitely pay for K-12 with your taxes...

[@Charlie_Loves]

@@joshuarussell1165 do you pay college and university with taxes?

[@johnwattdotca]

In Scotland, university is free for citizens. Almost every Scottish citizen has a Masters Degree. In Japan, university executives will invest your tuition and give it back to you after you graduate, to show how smart they are. If an educational business is just a money pit why jump into it?

[@DoorTrash]

If almost every citizen has a masters degree then what’s the point of having one?

[@SantaBarbaraSongbird]

Education for its own sake is worth it. It's why making a profit off something that makes us Human is evil

[@johnwattdotca]

@@DoorTrash: It's nice to be truly educated. It makes for a more co-operative and generous society. The native language of Scots is Gaelic. Scottish people invented the encyclopedia, the Encyclopedia Britannica, in English, so Europeans could see the natives of the new world weren't just running dogs with no language or prayer, worthy of genocide. Scots also gave the world the Holy Bible in English, the King James version, so Europeans could see what Jesus of Nazareth was saying, not what Catholic priests told them in Latin translations, and sending your best-looking altar boys to Rome wasn't in there. That started the Crusades that brought the Holy Roman Empire down. You can see what being knowledgeable and sharing it can do.

[@yogajedi3337]

Spain have so many high academic graduates. There is not jobs enough for them. Refuses to take regular jobs. Northern Europe through EU pay their bills.

[@heyaisdabomb]

I checked a few weeks ago at my school, and it's been going up $2000-$3000 per year every year. 42k when I started, 48k when I left a few years ago, now it's 56k... How can people continue to get squeezed?

[@e4t662]

You can dumb-down a huge segment of society by making everything prohibitively expensive, except cellphones and social media.

[@ConvictedFelon2024]

If I took a shot for every time this dolt used the phrase "the fact of the matter is," I would be passed out on the floor.

[@bobgangsta1823]

I like how they say "average difference of a million dollars if you go to college". But going to college to study something as pointless as art is not going to make you the same amount of money as studying something like engineering. Only go to college if the field you want to pursue actually requires it in all honesty I see people who go that end up becoming baristas, waiters or even musicians.

[@danityvanityinsanity]

If you want the experience of being an art major and money isn’t a problem, then, by all means do it. Just know that, yeah, the job opportunities aren’t that great once you graduate.

[@bobgangsta1823]

@@Veachie College is expensive because of how the federal government has made it incredibly easy to get student loans. Where because of that people are able to enroll in college in droves increasing demand for higher education and when you start having more demand for something the price for it goes up. Now if the federal government stopped guaranteeing student loans college enrollment would drop and universities would be forced to lower tuition costs. Now to your point about getting a BA then what that tells me is that job doesn't truly require the intellect of what you learned from that degree program. Because in reality you don't learn much of any practical on the job skills while you are in school. Most of everything that you learn you will never really apply unless your like a STEM major where I don't see the point of studying something as pointless as film studies when your not learning skills you care about applying when its time to work. Meaning you could have built a career in something else and not gone into debt, even if you study something practical like accounting and don't go into it I would argue that is a better college career move then studying poems and pre-historic history that you can learn for free online or at any public library. Because at least with real practical college majors there is ambition among the students in wanting to get a job and work hard to earn that degree. Which is why practical majors have you study way more then many stupid liberal arts degrees. Because your more likely to get a job right out of college from these harder more practical majors then you are with liberal arts degree where you learn hardly nothing real world.

[@kylekusuda5022]

@@bobgangsta1823 pre-historic history. That’s an oxymoron, but I get the point you’re making.

[@kathtsmall6405]

You can take an offer from another school to negotiate a tuition reduction at another school. PArents don’t be afraid to ask! We got our daughter in state tuition at an out of state school !!!!!

[@DoorTrash]

College is expensive get this.... because the government is involved.

[@TimTams_64]

Well if by government you mean republicans, yes.

[@malinoisnation9392]

@@TimTams_64 u can’t be that dumb

[@RelaxzMV]

As long you're eligible for tuition grant and financial aid or rich, you are good. otherwise go to a community College. Explore and learn ways to make money, and money makes money, save, invest, minimalist, alternative living.

[@TheJimprez]

I'm a Canadian in Quebec. Our two most well-known English language Universities in Montreal are McGill and Concordia. For US, going to either of them is about 2300$ CDN per semester...And McGill, if its was an American university, would be considered IVY league. There IS something to be said for taking care of your citizens. You allow EVERYONE to get ahead.. Not just the rich and the ultra-gifted. I personally, went to Laval U in Quebec city. Its been around since the mid 1600s. NOT too shabby.. Back in the mid 90s, it cost me peanuts to go to school.. Like everyone with the minimum grades to get in their programs.. On TOP of that, everyone that isn't filthy rich, gets the same government backed student loans and in my case (and MANY others), bursaries you never have to pay back.. The loans do NOT start to get interest on them or need to be repaid, until the END of your student life, even of its 30 years down the road, after 2 masters and a Ph. D. and you are ASSURED the minimum rate. When a country WANTS its people to succeed, it gives them the tools to do it...

[@yogajedi3337]

In Europe it's not unusual with people studying their entire life on similar benefits and loans.

[@graphicsguy2023]

“The fact of the matter is…”

[@pauliexcluded1]

To Be FAAAIIIRRR....

[@mikebrownplayingguitar1253]

A work trade skill,common sense,and making money is more important than education

[@snorlaxcom]

Get a degree that can get you employed would be a great start to laughing at college costs once you start making dough to pay it back. Need based financial aid can cover a huge part of in-state.

[@Mr_Miles_45]

SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE POLITICIANS IN THE BACK

[@reubenfigueroa66]

Great now I can’t study and get a good job

[@katiekeen7019]

@@canadianaviator not everyone wants to start a business tho. I know I wouldn’t be cut out for it

[@katiekeen7019]

@@nelsonthomas5743 very true

[@ladyriethegoldendelmo5441]

@@canadianaviator wow thats some bad advice... not everyone going to be smart like bill gates to the point of skip schools. and did u know some jobs like doctors require a degree yes?

[@millabasset1710]

Why is cost going up? Administrators need to get more yachts.

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

Biggest problem is paying the extra shopping

[@DizzleDog]

Who is paying 6 figures in 4 years though. Unless you go to Harvard or Yale. I agree you can talk down the administrators though. Most people don’t even try to talk down goods or services other than houses & cars

[@mastersnet18]

Not hard to do at a state school. Even if you go to community college first you still can easily pay $100k+.

[@bmw318ti24]

or you could learn a trade...

[@gamerhistorian7843]

Military path and G.I bill...

[@jaloux8583]

Laying the foundation for the government to subsidize more money?

[@saucysuishi341]

Plenty of schools overseas that are just as well represented and much cheaper with an average US salary

[@witchdoctor3781]

Just viewed a pod cast about available scholarships and the 40 yrs of unchecked college tuition hikes and a 20% graduation rate hired in their professional earned field-the fact of matter the US has been leaning towards increasing its working class to rebuild America, refill the military, trade schools, community colleges and employment will be a trade for direct social support that will be greatly reduced after the Executive or Legislative powers that be changes.

[@juliafranco6057]

"Avoid the n word"? 😂

[@lukewackler]

I got a solution to high cost of college. Get rid of all Liberal Arts Degrees.

[@panterafanloco1600]

It should not be free

[@ras8514]

having a baby and having to think about saving for thier education in america? bizzare.

[@helpme100]

These ppl say mcdonald's is not enough, so get education? But then the national debt still remains high. ?

[@joejohnsonenterprisesllc9184]

Figure out what your gift is and start a business.....(Proverbs 18:16 Your Gift Will Make Room For You) You will make millions without borrowing thousands which may impossible to pay back 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@link2442]

The guy didn't didn't even answer the questions being asked

[@danityvanityinsanity]

By design.

[@bblack6868]

Lol.....you pay a quarter of a million over four yrs , to earn potentially a million dollars during your career. Ok , but why are the students still incredibly naive and lacking in basic history , geography and geopolitical issues. Jay Leno anyone....lol Peace

[@FernandoR220]

Omg haha why are they showing ASU??😂

[@arleneirvine1526]

well it is better to pay under the table for both sides, isn't it!

[@MilahanPhilosophersCorner]

Free libraries.

[@thelight2230]

Solution? Good learn a trade skill.

[@thelight2230]

@jamie ericcon Ironically when I say "learn a trade", I myself am considering logging/lumberjack.

[@wandacabin9684]

Education like everything costs. Supplies &textbooks are required in a syllabus course . Students beware ed plans are the guidelines to follow-up on continuum. 📚 🖥 Studiously!😊

[@PigRipperLAW]

This classist BS is gross and unnecessary. We should burn it all down or take it over. Begging is gross,

[@chrisbruggers8076]

Here's a great way to save on college.. don't have kids! There's plenty of them already

[@profitsoverpeople4777]

I'm 37 and a high school dropout and I own 3 businesses I started a mobile car wash and now own a pressure cleaning business and just recently started a land scapping business all 3 I was able to start with used equipment

[@TheShpmusic]

Mac Donald's and Walmart is the future. 😂😀😃😁🤣😆😅😅😅🙃😄

[@GeneralG1810]

Kids today "Yeah but college was cheaper when you went" Me "Yeah but we didn't need a safe space, a Dean of diversity and inclusion nor did we have to support the pay checks for professors teaching black studies, gender studies or lesbian dance theory. But you cry if you don't get those things, so yeah your college costs more!"

[@nonamewillbegiven8838]

Awwwe the bigot's mad he didnt go to college

[@GeneralG1810]

@No Name Will Be Given aw the cry babies mad that the guy who didn't go to college makes more money than him

[@nonamewillbegiven8838]

@@GeneralG1810 you wished troll

[@nonamewillbegiven8838]

@@GeneralG1810 hold that L for trying to flex money you dont got

[@GeneralG1810]

@@nonamewillbegiven8838 Dude you're defending DEI staff at college, that tells everyone what kind of idiot you are. You're the kind of person that thinks they're better than the electrician that's cutting your power because you couldn't pay your bill, just because you went to college.

[@TalKhg]

Perfect evidence for my essay!

[@canadianaviator]

Don’t apply to colleges. COLLEGE IS A SCAM. Start your own business, look at a the world’s 10 richest people, most didn’t go to college.