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I am not sure I agree with the title. The institutions alluded to in the article are not "hiding" their data. They simply are declining to provide access to i

I am not sure I agree with the title. The institutions alluded to in the article are not "hiding" their data. They simply are declining to provide access to it to an aggregator which would allow potential students to more easily compare the costs across multiple institutions. They can still get that data by going directly to the institutions site. Also the comparisons to airlines in the article, in my opinion, is flawed. I compare airline tickets based on cost, schedule, number of connections, and frequent flier affiliation. Plane tickets are reasonably interchangeable based upon any of the above factors. Yet going to a college is a far bigger decision and the decision points are not quite as easily parsed and quantified as purchasing an airline ticket. The consequences of the decisions are not of equal magnitude.

baldfat 11y ago
A big reason is many college's cost DEPENDS on your family's income. So if you look at Stanford it cost $65,000, but if your family makes less then $125,000 it is actually free. http://thinkprogress.org/education/2015/04/02/3642085/stanford-free-tuition/ http://thinkprogress.org/education/2015/04/02/3642085/stanfo... If the family makes less then $65,000 you don't even need to get any sort of financial aid.
- DamnYuppie 11y ago
  That still, to me, seems like a thing that could be accounted for by an aggregator. They stated they were willing to work with the institutions I don't see why they can't have specific rules per institution that aligned with their policies.
  - baldfat 11y ago
    I quit my job as a librarian at a small liberal arts college because I felt that the age of private colleges was going away. In the 8 years I have been gone the school has lost almost 50% of the student body and Community Colleges have multiplied. Colleges are scared they won't survive the next next 20 years.

baldfat 11y ago

A big reason is many college's cost DEPENDS on your family's income. So if you look at Stanford it cost $65,000, but if your family makes less then $125,000 it is actually free. http://thinkprogress.org/education/2015/04/02/3642085/stanford-free-tuition/ http://thinkprogress.org/education/2015/04/02/3642085/stanfo... If the family makes less then $65,000 you don't even need to get any sort of financial aid.

DamnYuppie 11y ago
That still, to me, seems like a thing that could be accounted for by an aggregator. They stated they were willing to work with the institutions I don't see why they can't have specific rules per institution that aligned with their policies.
- baldfat 11y ago
  I quit my job as a librarian at a small liberal arts college because I felt that the age of private colleges was going away. In the 8 years I have been gone the school has lost almost 50% of the student body and Community Colleges have multiplied. Colleges are scared they won't survive the next next 20 years.