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Many educators have pointed out that cuts in government funding for higher education in the US now mean that the student is the paying customer and, as they say
by ThrowawayR2 2y ago
Many educators have pointed out that cuts in government funding for higher education in the US now mean that the student is the paying customer and, as they say, "the customer is always right". Institutions have financial motivations to overlook students' incompetence, cheating, and other misbehavior as long as they keep paying tuition fees.
- WalterBright 2y agoI bet those students with free rides (and free loans) would do better in college if they were required to hold down a job to pay for some of that. I know I became more diligent with my studies when I started writing tuition checks out of my earnings.
- paulryanrogers 2y agoWhen my parents couldn't help with college payments, I did worse because of stress and divided attention
- WalterBright 2y agoHelping you implies you were also contributing to the payments.
- Apocryphon 2y agoAnd also implies that they lived through an example that disproves your supposition.