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Public money for universities have actually scaled back over time. > A majority of state legislatures spent far less on public colleges and universities in 202
by EatingWithForks 3y ago
Public money for universities have actually scaled back over time.
> A majority of state legislatures spent far less on public colleges and universities in 2020 than they did in 2008, an NEA analysis shows. This means colleges and universities must rely on students to pay the cost of college—and those students are borrowing to do it.
https://www.nea.org/advocating-for-change/new-from-nea/state-funding-higher-education-still-lagging https://www.nea.org/advocating-for-change/new-from-nea/state...
- nunuvit 3y agoAlso after taking away the ability to forgive federal student loan debt through bankruptcy, there needs to be a way for students to advocate for their outcomes because there's no remedy if it doesn't go well for them.
- bumby 3y agoCan you clarify what you mean by advocating for their outcomes?
- nunuvit 3y agoBeing the customer.
- bumby 3y agoI’m sure we can see where this goes astray when dealing with public goods. When physician reimbursements get tied to customer satisfaction, patients start to become over medicated, for example.
- nunuvit 3y agoI agree. The better solution is to do away with unforgivable debt.
- bumby 3y agoOr just fix the system so debt isn’t necessary or so easily acquired. Any time you subsidize something (aka giving free debt forgiveness) you tend to get more of it
- nunuvit 3y agoOf course. I'm just explaining why it kind of makes sense that the student would be the customer in the current messed-up system.
- bumby 3y agoTrue, State funding has gone down and that is part of the reason why tuition has increased. But when you combine federal, state, and other public funds (scholarships, GI Bill etc.) the public is still paying for a large amount. Saying funding has decreased silent be conflated with funding being negligible. What if the “customer” just wants to pay money to get a piece of paper without any of the associated work? Should that customer/client agreement be honored?