Here's a tricky question: Why do online degrees cost the same or more? Shouldn't they be cheaper?
. On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > "Here are the enrollment stats: > http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s0278.pdf"; > > Interesting data Sam. > > Between 1980 and 2009, enrollment rose 68%. > During the same time, the number of institutions rose 39%, indicating a > potential for a shortage of availability for slots to get a degree. > > However, euring this period, the number of instructors rose 110%. > > The number of full time staff fell from over 60% to 51% indicating a > savings in cost yet the ability to compensate for the influx of students > without increasing the number of institutions even more. That is, the > existing institutes could handle the influx by filling empty classrooms > during the day, night, and weekends. Also, there is the advent of internet > degrees which should be lower in cost since fewer facilites are needed. > > So, cost should have risen, but there is no way it should have risen 750%. > Congress should investigate the industrial educational complex for > monopolistic practices. It seems like the educational institutions have > been spending wildly and do not want to cut those expenses. They want to > pass on the cost to the students, who have to get loans, and then who > become indentured servants to the corporate system. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:351992 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
