{"id":27922,"date":"2012-03-21T09:16:34","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T13:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=27922"},"modified":"2012-03-21T10:38:11","modified_gmt":"2012-03-21T14:38:11","slug":"wait-isnt-this-the-old-normal-kiley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2012\/03\/21\/wait-isnt-this-the-old-normal-kiley\/","title":{"rendered":"Wait, isn’t this the old normal? [Kiley]"},"content":{"rendered":"
Wait, isn’t this the old normal?<\/strong><\/a> — from InsideHigherEd.com by Kevin Kiley<\/div>\n
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Big tuition hikes at elite private institutions contradict the notion that colleges are focusing on reining in sticker price to make education affordable.<\/em><\/div>\n
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The justification for the large increases at publics has been the need to maintain quality in the face of state appropriations cuts, an excuse private universities don\u2019t have. For many privates, other revenue sources<\/a>, including endowment returns and private giving, are back to where they were before the recession. And almost half the presidents of private doctoral universities surveyed recently by Inside Higher Ed<\/em><\/a> said their institutions could make additional spending cuts without hurting quality, meaning there is little imperative for increases.<\/p>\n

For this reason, the presidents of several private institutions have taken some measures to control costs. \u201cSomewhere out there is a line, on the other side of which we become unaffordable. We haven\u2019t crossed it yet, but we know we\u2019re getting closer to it,\u201d McCardell said. Total cost of attendance at some liberal arts colleges, including tuition, room, and board, is more than $50,000 a year.<\/p>\n

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