Comments on: Scott: Families Can’t Afford Tuition Hikes http://www.northescambia.com/2012/06/scott-families-cant-afford-tuition-hikes Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:28:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: No Excuses http://www.northescambia.com/2012/06/scott-families-cant-afford-tuition-hikes/comment-page-1#comment-130764 No Excuses Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:46:54 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=97877#comment-130764 College is very expensive today. I can recall attending 8 years of college between 1980 and 2001 with several classes after that, but not full-time enrollment. As of summer 2012, an AA class with out of state tution was over $1,700 for 3 credit hours. Ludicrous! In state tuition was much more reasonable - around $620 for 3 credit hours, but still - multiply that by 5 (15 credit hours) and you can see why college is not affordable even for those who qualify to go because of academics. Like everyone else, if the colleges and universities must cut costs, the "free" stuff is what needs to go first. Then, the "fluff" programs and other areas that don't pay their way. Core academic classes and research should always be money makers. College is very expensive today. I can recall attending 8 years of college between 1980 and 2001 with several classes after that, but not full-time enrollment. As of summer 2012, an AA class with out of state tution was over $1,700 for 3 credit hours. Ludicrous! In state tuition was much more reasonable – around $620 for 3 credit hours, but still – multiply that by 5 (15 credit hours) and you can see why college is not affordable even for those who qualify to go because of academics.

Like everyone else, if the colleges and universities must cut costs, the “free” stuff is what needs to go first. Then, the “fluff” programs and other areas that don’t pay their way. Core academic classes and research should always be money makers.

]]> By: Jimbo http://www.northescambia.com/2012/06/scott-families-cant-afford-tuition-hikes/comment-page-1#comment-130511 Jimbo Sat, 09 Jun 2012 13:09:49 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=97877#comment-130511 If colleges and universities would quit giving education away to foreign "students" and others in the name of "diversity", there would be no need for tuition hikes. If colleges and universities would quit giving education away to foreign “students” and others in the name of “diversity”, there would be no need for tuition hikes.

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