<p>LucieTheLakie–Depending on the major, I think that Seton Hill in Greensburg is a little hidden gem of a school. Their stats are coming up very nicely, they have generous merit aid, campus is beautiful, they have some direct entry programs for medicine, nursing, PT and a few others. It’s one of my favorite schools out of all the ones we looked at.</p>
<p>Thanks, SteveMA. Will add Seton Hill to the list to check out! I suspect it’s also easier to get into than UVA and UNC-CH, which are tough for OOS students. Speaking of UNC, anyone have any opinions of UNC-Asheville? Supposed to be a great under-the-radar school. I’ve flown from PHL to Asheville and it was an easy flight so, in some ways, holds more appeal to me than schools that require 5-10 hours of driving.</p>
<p>As long as colleges hold the powerful position as the only way to become"successful" in the US and continue to attract such large numbers of people, the trend will continue. They say everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it. Maybe it shouldn’t be that way when it comes to education, but that is currently the way it is and large-scale reform either governmentally or attitude-wise is the only way to change it.</p>
<p>Who ever said that income should keep up with inflation?</p>
<p>In a fantasy world that may be but policy is not geared toward us stay even now, is it?</p>
<p>Do people know the causes of inflation?</p>
<p>Why is college inflating at a faster pace? </p>
<p>Colleges are huge consumers of energy and derivatives of commodities like wheat, grain, beef, chicken, etc. Costs are going up. Why isn’t our income going up?</p>
<p>Does anyone care why we are losing purchasing power or do we just complain about it?</p>