<p>Tuition in the U.S. is too damn high, and it's only getting higher every year. We need a Federal/or state tuition cap. Agree? Great!</p>
<p>But what should it be?</p>
<p>My opinion:</p>
<p>Community College: $5K
Four Year Public school (In-state): $10K
Four Year Public school (OOS): $20K
Four Year Private school: $30K</p>
<p>Thoughts? Concerns? Insults?</p>
<p>The state is not legally able to cap tuition at private institutions. I do agree, however, that prices are getting ridiculous.</p>
<p>I do not agree that there should be a tuition cap on private universities. That’s just insane. They are private for a reason.</p>
<p>Tuition caps should also not be federal, because economics differ so widely from state to state. Different cities/states have different economies. For example, land in the south is a lot cheaper than it is in say New York. Therefore, the budget at a school in South Carolina isn’t going to be the same as one in New York.</p>
<p>State-wide… I also don’t think there should be a tuition cap. Tuition caps create artificial limits. The state would end up having to give more money to institutions. This means higher taxes and money from other locations would have to be moved into the higher education fund.</p>
<p>Personally I think tuition is ridiculously high, but I don’t think the government should try to fix it. That just creates more problems.</p>
<p>Public? Maybe. Something needs to be done. It’s ridiculous. </p>
<p>Private? Nope. Private is private.</p>
<p>Wow those are low. Not gonna happen.</p>
<p>“Tuition in the U.S. is too damn high,”</p>
<p>What are you, the college version of Jimmy McMillan?</p>
<p>I would really like that. Tuition cost was the reason I couldn’t go to the school I really wanted to go to so I am all for it.
Although the university I am going to instead is only 8k a year so at least I won’t have to stress about student loan payments in the future.</p>
<p>Prices are high, yes, but they should not be capped. There are expenses that have to be covered and as long as prices elsewhere rise, so will educational ones.</p>
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<p>I agree, the rent is too damn high.</p>
<p>Yes, because binding price ceilings always work out just great…</p>
<p>The price is definitely too high, but I don’t think the government should be the ones doing something about it, particularly the private ones. Like someone else said they’re PRIVATE- they have nothing to do with public government.<br>
I wish there could be a reasonable cap for public like there is in the UK but I don’t see it happening any time soon. People are too afraid of a big government taking all their rights away to let them intervene in something like college.</p>
<p>While, like the other posters on here, I believe the that making the whole “system” private is NOT the way to go, I also think there is A LOT more that the federal government can do to steer these schools in the right direction. I know that they’ve just made getting sub/unsub loans easier to get but it’d not enough. Obama + washington always talk about how education is the future, and how our country needs to compete with others. Why is it such a financial burden for an American to get a great education? I’m sure many of you will agree with at least that. </p>
<p>But, as a general “rule of thumb,” I don’t think any education (tuition) is worth more than $35k. I’m sorry. Anyone who disagrees is loaded.</p>
<p>Oops. By “private” in the first sentence… guess I meant public haha my bad</p>
<p>Cap the revenue/prices on a private institution? That’s a ridiculous idea.</p>
<p>If tuition is too high the market will naturally lower the prices. If they increase beyond what consumers are willing to pay then they will either be forced to lower the cost, make cuts within their operations or close.</p>
<p>23 simone23: “I don’t think any education (tuition) is worth more than $35.”</p>
<p>I’d disagree on just a tiny exception: a school that gives you more than education for the tuition. I wouldn’t go to Harvard for the academics, for example. I would go for the networking. In the long run, I think that would be worth the price tag. </p>
<p>I’m not saying I would be ABLE to pay Harvard’s price tag. But I would have.</p>
<p>I’m also going to note that if tuition was forced lower, than much fewer kids would get financial aid. A $40 school that’s cut down to $30 is going to have to get that $10 from somewhere, most likely another student’s FA package. Lowering costs would, ultimately, just shift part of the burdan from the full-pay kids and put it onto the FA kids. I’m not saying that would be right or wrong–other than wrong in the sense that less FA kids would be able to attend at all and right in the sense that full-pay kids aren’t forced to pay extra to make it possible for the FA kid (meaning it’s just complicated) – but that would be the most glaring result.</p>