tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post110133472555763060..comments2023-11-24T03:20:02.361-07:00Comments on Tufte's Economics Classes Blog - A Living Textbook: Tuition Hike ProtestDr. Tuftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-1102048549687786602004-12-02T21:35:00.000-07:002004-12-02T21:35:00.000-07:00Is guestimation a real word?
Although tuition hik...Is guestimation a real word?<br /><br />Although tuition hikes are painful I think that it is a rather small price to pay in many cases for a piece of paper that will guarantee higher earnings than one would receive otherwise. The biggest problem with the price of a higher education is skyrocketing student fees (i.e. for activities, socials, and athletics). These charges are quite beneficial for pramahaphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05852898493878493736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-1101930619493493732004-12-01T12:50:00.000-07:002004-12-01T12:50:00.000-07:00-1 for two spelling errors in StevenPadilla2's pos...-1 for two spelling errors in StevenPadilla2's post.<br /><br />What is described here is a fundamental problem of third party payer systems (in this case, the government pays part of the costs of your education to SUU). <br /><br />By making the out of pocket costs of education low, the third party payer system pushes us down to the low end of demand (with high Q and low P).<br /><br />But, by Dr. Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.com