The short answer is greed, plain and simple. Higher Education has not been an institution for the people in the US for a long, long time. It may never have bee

The short answer is greed, plain and simple. Higher Education has not been an institution for the people in the US for a long, long time. It may never have been, actually. It's a business, same as our Healthcare industry and businesses run on maximizing profit margins so that is their primary goal.