Another reason why it's silly to subsidize BYU tuition so heavily.

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Mar 28, 2017
2:55:04pm

OPINIONS All-American

Another reason why it's silly to subsidize BYU tuition so heavily.

Since almost everyone who attends BYU comes from favorable socio-economic circumstances.

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The Irony of the Upward Mobility in Utah article is that BYU is ranked so poorly

byu1

3/28/17 1:38pm

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Buffalo

3/28/17 1:47pm

try visiting Denver and you'll think Utah doesn't have a problem.

Dangerous

3/28/17 1:49pm

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Buffalo

3/28/17 1:52pm

yes, SLC is MUCH better than Denver

byu1

3/28/17 2:31pm

Seattle and Portland are way worse than Denver

doubled1981

3/28/17 9:31pm

Seattle is asking for hundreds of millions of dollars more from its residents to

Mikey

3/28/17 1:53pm

When Utah's homelessness is mentioned it sometimes lacks context.

3/28/17 2:07pm

he missed the BYU-I opportunity. If BYU had more scholarship money they could

Nat Gas Man

3/28/17 1:47pm

Here's the BYU-I data

B-town_coug

3/28/17 2:21pm

BYU has its issues, but I think the Brookings methodology was flawed

3/28/17 1:58pm

I don't think it is the main mission of BYU to educate lower class and make them

byu1

3/28/17 2:30pm

I think the pool of applicants BYU generally draws from is just well off in

3/28/17 2:07pm

certainly much more well off than the parents were in the 60's

Nat Gas Man

3/28/17 2:10pm

agree. At least "lower middle class"

byu1

3/28/17 2:30pm

When you take this article and combine it with the Bloomberg one that has been

gwalker

3/28/17 2:31pm

And that analysis leads back to my longstanding belief that the earlier you

gwalker

3/28/17 2:38pm

Agreed

3/28/17 2:53pm

Another reason why it's silly to subsidize BYU tuition so heavily.

OPINIONS

3/28/17 2:55pm

It is a misnomer to say they subsidize tuition. What they really subsidize is

Nat Gas Man

3/28/17 3:04pm

Semantics. And no. It's not a significant difference.

OPINIONS

3/28/17 3:18pm

For many, the difference would be made up by student loans. The average

gwalker

3/28/17 3:23pm

Actually there is a very big difference as the "subsidy" comes from an

Nat Gas Man

3/28/17 3:27pm

So making it more expensive is supposed to help the social mobility at BYU?

3/28/17 7:24pm

That's not my argument at all.

OPINIONS

3/28/17 10:50pm

I understand the thought but it doesn't work because

3/29/17 12:47pm

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