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> Universities are and always have been expensive Why are they any more expensive than High School? In fact, in Australia until the 80s University was free in
by grecy 6y ago
> Universities are and always have been expensive
Why are they any more expensive than High School? In fact, in Australia until the 80s University was free in the same way High School is free. Many people are angry that it still isn't.
And of course it's still free in that way in more than a few developed countries.
- kyawzazaw 6y agoI am guessing professors salaries and a lot of university infrastructure.
- zhdc1 6y agoFree in the sense that the costs were borne by the government and not by the student. I'm totally ok with that. However, now that countries are shifting higher education costs off of their books and people are finding out that universities are, in fact, very expensive to run, it's not fair to blame the university.
- PopeDotNinja 6y agoIn some cases, supply and demand. In the early 2000s, One of my professors in my MBA program made ~$250,000 USD per year for teaching 3 classes per yer, plus whatever else he did. My understanding is that if you want to attract & retain talent of his caliber, you have to compete with they salary that person can make in the business world, too.