A mix of correct statements and generalizations that don't hold.

Jun 19, 2021
2:32:56pm

SweetBabyG Starter

For example, our university staff are underpaid, our faculty could make more in the private sector, we are stem, and our endowment fixes the exact problems you are complaining about (e.g., giving scholarships to many students in need).

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SweetBabyG

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I have a relative who paid for a year of Harvard Law with his summer job.

Mrs Featerbottom

6/19/21 2:18pm

I graduated from law school 7ish years ago. I worked 2 years between undergrad

cougarfann888

6/19/21 2:21pm

BYU is the only good school that offers low cost tuition.

Mrs Featerbottom

6/19/21 2:24pm

I graduated 1998.

Turnpike Lane

6/19/21 2:23pm

Well it's a good thing Harvard law grads have a median starting salary of 160k

SweetBabyG

6/19/21 2:23pm

Uncle Sam keeps providing money to academia...so they raise prices...even more.

EtTuKalante

6/19/21 2:24pm

You hit the nail on the head.

Mrs Featerbottom

6/19/21 2:25pm

The cost of college has gone up 500% since 1985. Consumer price index, 121%

EtTuKalante

6/19/21 2:32pm

A mix of correct statements and generalizations that don't hold.

SweetBabyG

6/19/21 2:32pm

I didn't make the inflation numbers. Nor the increase in university costs.

EtTuKalante

6/19/21 2:38pm

STEM profs are too busy doing actual work to worry about wresting control of the

novacoug1

6/19/21 2:38pm

Oh by the way, don't be the stem professor that chooses science over politics.

EtTuKalante

6/19/21 2:46pm

What has the ridiculous increase in student payments gone to fund?

No touching

6/19/21 2:38pm

Administrative staff, improved facilities, and increased services

novacoug1

6/19/21 2:47pm

I feel like my university is pretty reasonably priced. Just barely more than BYU

SweetBabyG

6/19/21 3:57pm

That is the point - the system is set up to funnel money to academia, who then

panacablue

6/19/21 2:28pm

There are degrees worth going into debt for. Harvard law is one them.

Probable Sacko

6/19/21 2:31pm

AMC has some shares left to help you out

gmoney7

6/19/21 2:32pm

Georgetown MBA - $30,448/semester $60,896/year

Saxa

6/19/21 2:34pm

As I’m researching MBAs the consensus nowadays seems to be M7 or nothing…

WP17

6/19/21 2:54pm

The calculation has changed. If you don’t get the ROI you want from it, don’t go. Easy.

YIsForBrigham

6/19/21 2:34pm

It impedes social mobility pretty significantly

Mrs Featerbottom

6/19/21 2:38pm

This is a myth. Trades actually have a high starting salary and low debt

wildeone

6/19/21 2:45pm

Not being able to be a Harvard Law grad impedes social mobility?

YIsForBrigham

6/19/21 2:55pm

This to me is why BYU and BYU-I are so important. Very affordable options to get

paulb

6/19/21 2:37pm

I got undergrad free and will not pay for grad school either.

WP17

6/19/21 2:51pm

Served 4 yrs. Got GI bill just before birth of first child, lifesaver, got deg.

rmsenior

6/19/21 3:14pm

Among neediest in the Nation, we should be subsidizing Harvard Law School Grads?

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