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Erik Larson's investigative report about why college tuition is so high was right on the money [EDUCATION, March 17]. The miserly mentality of universities and colleges regarding their endowments, the practice of charging whatever the traffic will bear and the history of quasi legal collusion by the Ivy League's Overlap Group are disturbing. What concerns me even more is that these are supposed to be the top U.S. colleges--icons of leadership and principle. But they are behaving like a bunch of followers. They protect their bottom line while they try to impress prospective students and "look...
Articles on college tuition costs appear as frequently as stories about what's wrong with NCAA intercollegiate sports. But exposes of college spending rarely mention the financial extravagances of NCAA-run athletics. Tuition payers at both affluent and less affluent colleges are bankrolling a vast entertainment industry that distracts from the educational mission and squanders millions. JAMES N. LOUGHRAN, S.J., President Saint Peter's College Jersey City, New Jersey
...Tuition figures appear even more shocking when one considers the ever shortening academic year. When my son was in college, I had some research done to see if the kids attended class less than I did or if I was just an old fogy recalling "when I was in school." Old fogy I may have become, but between 1960-61 and 1990-91 the average academic year of 19 schools surveyed had decreased 5.3%. Four of the 19 schools had increased the number of teaching days as much as 4%, but this was more than offset by decreases in school...
...Carolina at Chapel Hill, we assumed that "no frills" was the part of college education that toughened you up for the future. A hard mattress, no pillow, a 40-watt bulb, concrete floors, a muddy campus, hobnail boots and highly committed but probably underpaid teachers all contributed to making tuition $180, half a room $29 and meals at Swain Hall $126 for the year. That was the normal road to Phi Beta Kappa. EDWARD RONDTHALER Croton-on-Hudson, New York...
Citing the high cost of tuition, Bash said that the grants are necessary for many students to earn living expenses...