If someone said that "high school" is affordable to most Americans that would probably be found quite unacceptable. Why is it that the state's obligation to provide education to everyone who can benefit does not extend to post-secondary education?University should be free, as it is in Cuba. I don't know what the situation in Europe is but I expect in many countries tuition is less than in the US or paid for by the state. In the former USSR it seems to me I recall that students used to complain about their living expenses! Cheers, Ken Hanly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Tuition might be affordable, but in my classes I would guess the typical > student works 15 to 20 hours a week. This outside work has increased > enormously in the past two decades and represents the chief cause in the > decline in what we can teach in a typical semester. > -- Michael Perelman > Economics Department > California State University > Chico, CA 95929 > > Tel. 530-898-5321 > E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
