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05-07-2007, 02:29 PM
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The dorms were rumored to be modeled on a prison. A Swedish women's prison to be precise. Sadly horny blonde female of Nordic lineage were in short supply - unlike the cold and nasty food or cramped quarters.
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So that explains it... 
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05-07-2007, 03:33 PM
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The local nurses college was an adequate substitute - and had better dorms.
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05-10-2007, 05:27 PM
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thelantern/Grad-Student.Tuition.Rises
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Grad student tuition rises
Alaina Busch
Undergraduates and their parents might have cheered when Ohio State proposed to cap tuition hikes at 3 percent next year, but graduate students might not be celebrating.
Next year graduate and professional students will see hikes of 6 to 13.3 percent, depending on the program.
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05-11-2007, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by NewYorkBuck
http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/24/pf/c...ion=2006102410
Can someone please explain to me why college costs continuously outstrip inflation, especially at the undergrad level? To my knowledge, calculus has not changed much in the last few hundred years, and history of the Civil War is a pretty static concept. What are these kids getting extra that justifies a 7% increase every year? For my money - with the exception of the use of computer technology (which actually makes things more efficient and should reduce costs), undergrad educations have not changed all that much in the last 30 years. Can someone explain to me why they are several times more expensive now in real terms than they were then? What I do know is that anything that rises faster than overall inflation for an extended period generally has to revert to the mean at some point, and it is high time that higher education realizes that they have budgets to meet like the rest of us.
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There is an oversupply of higher education right now in the United States; however, instead of causing prices to decrease, which typically happens when there is an oversupply of a product, it has increased the sticker price because the increased competition for the market has raised costs considerably. Since demand for higher education has not kept pace with the supply, colleges/universities have had two options in order to stay in business: either increase ammenities (e.g. dorms, recreational facilities, classrooms, student activities, etc) to attack more students or expand educational programs to find untapped demand (e.g. distance education, certificate programs, etc). Hence, institutions fail to control their costs because they are in a desperate competition to attact as many students as possible. Interestingly, the best thing for higher education right now is to have a bunch of institutions fail and go out of business.
Also keep in mind that higher education is one of those commodities that the buyer often presumes that greater cost equates to better product. Hence, some institutions actually take the approach of trying to increase their image by raising tuition prices.
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05-11-2007, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by buckeyegrad
Also keep in mind that higher education is one of those commodities that the buyer often presumes that greater cost equates to better product. Hence, some institutions actually take the approach of trying to increase their image by raising tuition prices.
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I'm feeling the pain in this regard. My fiance wants her nursing degree to be from Johns Hopkins (Over $60,000 in tuition for 2 years) when the University of Maryland would be under $30,000. I'm still trying to convince her that she will land an equal job either way but she still thinks having the name on her degree will make a difference in how she is perceived...
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05-11-2007, 01:12 PM
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Hours required for graduation are being reduced. And apparently there's a new course in 'fuzzy math'. 
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Senate passes reduction
More flexibility in GEC choices with reduction
Alexia Cameron
Issue date: 5/11/07
Future Ohio State undergraduates hoping to earn a degree in four years might have an advantage. University Senate passed a resolution Thursday reducing the number | | |
