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What I'm talking about is that the author made up some meaningless statistic (ie "net price") to support an assertion with no basis in reality -- that tuition a
by Duff 15y ago
What I'm talking about is that the author made up some meaningless statistic (ie "net price") to support an assertion with no basis in reality -- that tuition at the 4-year public university costs about the same as a 5-day vacation.
By that logic, I asserted that my home's "net price" is $16,000. A figure equally opaque and equally useful.
- kenjackson 15y agoSo to be clear, you're asserting that a report by one of the most reputable organizations around college pricing and enrollment, with published data, full sources, and better access than any other organization in the world on this topic -- is equivalent to some meaningless mortgage thing you stated? They provide the data, a report (which you can read at http://trends.collegeboard.org/downloads/College_Pricing_2010.pdf http://trends.collegeboard.org/downloads/College_Pricing_201...), and have better access than anyone else on this outside of the gov't itself (although they're much better organized). Furthermore, this has also been reviewed by chancellors and college presidents. I just find it hard to believe that in the battle between one of the most high profile publications that the College Board does and Duff -- anyone would go with Duff.