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Sucks because students are signing leases, moving crap, buying meal plans, etc, right now. This is the whole reason schools want students back. They’re despera
by chongli 6y ago
Sucks because students are signing leases, moving crap, buying meal plans, etc, right now.
This is the whole reason schools want students back. They’re desperate to recover some of this cash flow. They have huge budgets and vast numbers of administrative staff to pay. Without the revenue from residence leases and meal plans, they’re in real trouble.
- watwut 6y agoFrom all these, only mean plans money go to university? If they are signing leases, it suggests they live outside of university.
- chongli 6y agoLots of universities own residence buildings on and around campus. Students sign leases with the university directly.
- owenmarshall 6y agoSome private universities go as far as mandating undergraduates live in campus housing for up to three years.
- __sisyphus__ 6y agoI attended a private college. Not only did I have to live on campus for all four years, but additionally, they forced you to purchase the meal plan. I made most of my meals myself; nonetheless, I had no choice but to pay for the meal plan.
- seanmcdirmid 6y agoSome public universities do that as well.
- bob33212 6y agoThe value offered by colleges is not just an education. It is 4 years of living away from home experiencing whatever floats your boat ( frats, independence, parties, sports, friends, etc... ). There is virtually no demand for online only classes above a 5k/year price point. There is a similar situation with private schools. Some of the demand comes from the fact that it is also a babysitting service, forced social group, networking opportunity for parents.
- chongli 6y agoIt is 4 years of living away from home experiencing whatever floats your boat ( frats, independence, parties, sports, friends, etc... ) I’m in university right now. I just finished a term of online classes. I’ve definitely witnessed those benefits being enjoyed by other students but I haven’t had the time to enjoy them myself; my program is simply too difficult for that. The most I’ve enjoyed is going out for drinks with friends once a week, and maybe the occasional meal out on another night. The ones joining frats, partying constantly, playing sports and all that must have trivial classes. Either that or they’re already so rich and privileged that they can afford to fail courses and keep going.
- Consultant32452 6y agoIt's staggering to me how much people will publicly support government subsidized partying and friend making. At least in the past it felt like people pretended it was about education.
- TomVDB 6y agoPartying in college is totally a new phenomenon!
- Consultant32452 6y agoIt's not new, but that was never really part of the sales pitch of why we should subsidize it.
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