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nytimes.com - 12/3/2008

College May Become Unaffordable for Most in U.S.

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Tuition and fees increased 439 percent from 1982 to 2007, while median family income rose 147 percent. >

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Recessionary Times
Lawrance G. Lux — ... can imply that usurious labor demands are inhibiting economy recovery. A previous Study finds that tuition costs have gone up 439% in an interval where median family income increased by only 147%. The idea of a level Playing field has been decisively defeated by the college Administration offices. Check out what a percentage of Income is required to pay for a college education in lower income families. As a man who has attempted Working a full-time Job while attending college full-time, I think it important that future Studies consider the number of Students who work more than ...

Harvard endowment loses $8 billion - how will colleges survive?
BloggingStocks — ... The options for universities are dwindling. A study suggests that tuition has risen 439% since 1982 while median family incomes have increased only ...

Priced Out of College
The Big Picture — Does it make much sense that CPI inflation is less than education, medical care and income? I guess food, energy and housing costs must have been pretty soft over that same period. Oh, wait a minute . . . > courtesy of the NYT Thank goodness there hasn’t been much inflation over the past few years! > Source: College May Become Unaffordable for Most in U.S. TAMAR LEWIN NYT, December 3, 2008 ...

"On Financial and Human Capital"
Economist's View — ... is immediate while our human capital crisis is unfolding gradually. But maybe it's also because we don’t have a central banker for America’s human capital – someone who warns us as loudly as Ben Bernanke did a few months ago when he was talking about Wall Street's meltdown, of the dire consequences that will follow if we don’t come up with the dough. I'll just add this: College Costs, by Paul Glastris, Washington Monthly: Some scary numbers out today about the growing unaffordability of college. Over ...