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There are good and cheap alternatives. My community college was 1/3rd the cost of college. The problem is students don’t understand what they are getting thems

• topkai22 8y ago
  Also it’s almost impossible for private entities to compete with heavily subsidized public institutions on price, so they need to compete in other ways, like superior marketing, ease of financing, or “quality” If states let their subsidies flow to private institutions on a per student basis, you could get some interesting results, but frankly I think community colleges are already so efficient it’s a crowded market.
  • jayd16 8y ago
    >Also it’s almost impossible for private entities to compete with heavily subsidized public institutions on price, so they need to compete in other ways, like superior marketing, ease of financing, or “quality” The entire argument is that they would be cheaper. You could argue they might be better but saying they can't compete on price just concedes the point.
    • topkai22 8y ago
      Old thread now, but the reason I said they can’t compete on price is states subsidize state universities to the tune of $7100/student/year (https://www.cbpp.org/research/state-budget-and-tax/funding-down-tuition-up https://www.cbpp.org/research/state-budget-and-tax/funding-d...) (some of that goes to grants transferable to private institutions but I don’t think it is much) If you instantly dropped that subsidy and increased per student tuition at state schools by $7000 (I don’t recommend this) there would quickly be private options strongly competing on price I bet.