Sorry for the double post. If I get this in during the edit window, I’ll add this to my above.
The rising cost model is at an unsustainable rate. Obviously in a modern economy costs do have to rise over time. However, the rate needs to be contained and in the case of tuition payments- from what I understand – the rate of increase outpaces every possible metric except possibly healthcare costs. This means that it is broken (so is healthcare btw, for the same reason). It may not collapse for a long time, but we are well past the point where we should start lookung for ways to fix the system.
From what I know, the MO schools (e.g. those in Teaneck) have it worst, as their prices are a good few thousand more than the RW schools. Therefore, they are likely to be the pioneers of solutions. The RWers would do well to watch them and even participate in their current problems because what MO is living with now is the future of RW.
And ftr, fed ben fed, it is an unspoken rule in the CR that every topic must go off topic so don’t try to derail a good derailment 🙂