Cost of a higher education too high?

I quiet agree with you.The tuition fees became higher and higher,buu I really don't understand the reason.I will tell you the situation in China,in 1980s,the higher education inmy country is called "elite education",quite a small ratio of the graduates from high school could enter universities or colleges,and the fees isn't a beg problem for the students ,for quite amount of fees are paid by our goverment.However,just in the last decade,due to the population soar seriously every year and the needs of the development of our nation,universitis recruit more and more students ,on the contrary ,the fees rocket at the same time.you know what,the tuition cost nearly half of the yearly income for most families,that even excludes the other fees,and the goverment don't pay for them any longer.So I hope the goverment and some organs of our country could resort to some measures to ease up this situation.

I can understand your concern with the cost if higher education. Like almost everything the government gets involved with costs more to operate. In the US it is the rich and the poor that get to go to college. The rich because they can afford it and the poor because the governement pays for it. If your parents are working for a wage and make over $60,000 combined income then you are not elegiable for most financial aid programs that are based on financial need. You can compeate for preformanc based scholorships. Society seems to put more importance on the poor getting an education than the middle class. I talked to a congress man once and his reponce was look at what I was earning now and I should have been putting money away all along for my children's education. I pointed out that It was only in the last two or three years that I was was making this amount and and before that I was paying off my student loans and the cost of my Masters Degree. The Congressmans responce was you have to draw the line some where. I have helped my children attend college and and it is not easy. My daughters are still paying off the loans. They also worked two jobs in the summer and two or three part time jobs during the school year. To pay for college my sons have joined the Military (they also felt an obligation to the country to pay back and protect our freedoms) and have money for college. When a professor found out that my daughter was paying her way and working in college to cover the expences he told her she was either very rich (combined family income less than $90,000)or her father was stupid for not lying on the college financial aid application. Inhder class of 30 students only 2 were not receiving financial aid. THe best way a colleg can get more money is to threaten increas costs and then the state and federal governmnet will increas the fincanal aid to help the poor students. You recrute the poor and get your money up front and then these students drop out and they keep the money.

I have a daughter in college now. The cost is to high for many families, so they end up in debt. College loans can take some people over 10 years to pay them back. I speak from experience, as I paid off my loans, which took me almost 14 years.

I know what you're saying, arka, but it varies a lot depending on what you are. From what I know and have heard, Higher education is extremely expensive in countries like the USA, and also expensive (maybe not so much but still very much) in others like Canada, etc. There are countries in which there are free loans for students etc. In here, In Spain, university education is relatively cheap, which is good. You can go to a public university and get public help so that the burden is not too big. Obviously, if you choose a private option things get way more expensive, but public universities have a good quality in Spain.

I agree schools keep on increasing their tuition fees. I'm not gonna fall into that trap because I know that schools can only teach you 10% of everything you need to know. They cannot teach financial intelligence because the professors themselves are probably financially illiterate. So why spend 100% of your savings for 10% knowledge? Sounds like crap to me.

I agree with u that govt. should be responsible for educating nationals of a country. Today's most universities are private sector needing finance of students. They claim to provide quality education but quality education is the one which is free and accessible for every individual of a state. Hats off to India and China where the institues impart cheap quality education comparable and competable with renowned institues of west.

In India we have a system called COMMON ENTRANCE TEST (CET). After preuniversity course, students prepare for CET exams and if they pass with distinction, they get govt. allocation seat in medical, engineering, dental colleges where the fees is reasonable. There is second category which is known as PAID SEATS where they have to pay lump sum money to the college autorities for giving the seat. THERE is a third category called MANAGEMENT QUOTA where the price to be paid is quite high and one can get into this slot this is quite expensive and as much as a US university charges. People who get low ranking in the exams get into this category. So it is important that the students are preuiversity level score high ranks in the CET exams to avoid payment of exhobitant fees and donationsto the college. As you said , the higher education has really become expensive mainly due to increase in population, resulting in increase in cost of land and constructiom of building for universities and less and less government contribution towards education. Obviously people (parents) have to work hard, save a lot and work overtime to earn the money to educate their children. On the other hand if a family has couple of youngsters, once they get a job, the quantity of money they bring in, the family can wipe out the debts in two years. Plenty of job opportunities are available for graduates, professionals etc.

That's been an issue here in my country eversince, even those public schools and Unviersities cannot seem to avoid having a tuition fee hike. Teachers, intructors and others than work on schools are now finding jobs abroad because they earn less from what they do for work here. It really makes matters worse for those who cannot pay much but wants to continue their studies, these tuition hikes only benefits those who are working for such authorities concerning education. I don't know if these can be settled anymore, that I believe all of my hopes are starting to disappear.

Hey I agree totally with u...I m in this situation right now friend. You know I m wanting to do a masters of forensic science in Australia. I got the offer letter for a Uni called Bond Uni, but I dunno y I did not get a scholarship , causeI was always a distinctio holder till my grad. The fees then are so so high, that I could not afford it, n my Dad said the same thing,, Higher Edu is always for Rich people , we middle class are not meant for these courses. This hurt me realy badly. My dad is not so encouraging like my mom,u know, shesaid dont worry try another one n I have applied for one, lets see wat the results are!!But u r so true my friend!

Yes I agree it is very high.In my country we actually don't pay for the education, but still it is a lot of money for parents, since they have to pay for books, transportation and accomodation and many other things.But there is a new thing in our education system, when you study more then 5 years you have to pay fee.What is really stupid I think, beucase there are many kids, who have to work and study at once.