Nobody gets a full ride from the Feds. The maximum Pell Grant this year is $5530. Other federal aid is in the form of work-study or loans -- stuff that the student has to work for or pay off later. The state money is replaced by payments from the students and families (including work-study) or loans (also money from the students, just delayed).
Jane Shevtsov On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 9:32 AM, malcolm McCallum < malcolm.mccal...@herpconbio.org> wrote: > Its all pretty obvious. > > Federal government establishes federally funded financial aid to help > those in need. > State governments cut funding to universities, so universities are > forced to raise tuition > and get more of their finances from the federal financial aid programs. > > Lets say a ficticious state, say State A, funded its university system > 50% so that 50% of all costs were > paid by tuition (we will ignore donations). Every student who gets a > full ride from feds has 50% of costs > paid by state and 50% of costs paid by fed financial aid. > > However, if a state reduces its contribution to the costs of running > that university to 25%, the cost of > attendance rises as every school raises tuition. Then, more students > in that state become eligible for > financial aid because of the higher cost of attendance. Now, students > on full rides get only 25% of their > education costs from state, but 75% from the feds. Essentially, State > A has shifted the burden of funding > higher education to the feds while not losing any return on the total > investment in higher education. Then the > state can throw money elsewhere or issue tax breaks for companies to > come into the state. > > I am pretty sure this conspiracy theory would work, and if it does, it > is likely why we see escalating tuition. > Its not the schools raising tuition, its the state governments > lowering investment leading to higher tuition to > cover costs which get more and more shifted to federal financial aid > programs. Anyone who doesn't get > financial aid just fronts the whole bill. > > As for the condition of buildings, its a long known fact that it is > easier as a government entity to build a new building than it is to > repair an old one because of the way funding mechanisms work in > states. So, if you have a choice between building a new building and > refurbishing an old one, as an institution you are more likely to > approach building a new one even if the costs are way higher. No > building will last forever, no matter how well you take care of it. > > If politicians really had our interest at heart, none of this would be > happening. > Instead, they are busy capitalizing on loopholes in insider trading > law to make billions for their own pocketbooks. > > :) > > On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Paul Cherubini <mona...@saber.net> wrote: > >> The University of California at Berkeley subsists now in > >> perpetual austerity. Star faculty take mandatory furloughs. > >> > >> Classes grow perceptibly larger each year. Roofs leak; > >> e-mail crashes. One employee mows the entire campus. > >> Wastebaskets are emptied once a week. Some > >> professors lack telephones. > > > > > > If all of the above is true, then can someone please > > explain why for 20+ years the annual increase in the > > cost of college tuition has far outpaced the consumer > > price index, heath care, energy costs, etc. > > > > http://www.nas.org/polArticles.cfm?doc_id=1450 > > http://tinyurl.com/6xq6hv > > > > Paul Cherubini > > El Dorado, Calif. > > > > -- > Malcolm L. McCallum > Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry > School of Biological Sciences > University of Missouri at Kansas City > > Managing Editor, > Herpetological Conservation and Biology > > "Peer pressure is designed to contain anyone with a sense of drive" - > Allan Nation > > 1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea" W.S. Gilbert > 1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss, > and pollution. > 2000: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction > MAY help restore populations. > 2022: Soylent Green is People! > > The Seven Blunders of the World (Mohandas Gandhi) > Wealth w/o work > Pleasure w/o conscience > Knowledge w/o character > Commerce w/o morality > Science w/o humanity > Worship w/o sacrifice > Politics w/o principle > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any > attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may > contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized > review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not > the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and > destroy all copies of the original message. > -- ------------- Jane Shevtsov Ecology Ph.D. candidate, University of Georgia co-founder, www.worldbeyondborders.org "She has future plans and dreams at night. They tell her life is hard; she says 'That's all right'." --Faith Hill, "Wild One"
