Why do degrees cost so much ?
Various headlines are flying round about the prospect that the cost of degrees may have to be born by those who most directly benefit from them. ( I've just seen one at £80k in the Daily Mail. I'm slightly at a loss as to why only evil middle class students need to pay these bills - surely every student benefits equally and should be charged the same. )
What's strange is there is not enough effort to ask why they are so expensive.
I guess this will become more of a concern when people pay for them directly rather than socialising the cost to other people - when the cost is of no consequence to the individual.
Given that we are competing with Eastern Europe, China, Brazil & India its perhaps time to look at our cost base and ask some hard questions.
4 comments:
I think you would be hard pressed to show that anyone benefits from most of them least of all the recipient.
I think you have a point in many cases. Since we a broke it is surely time to start asking the hard questions.
If we must all work until we drop - why do we add 3-5 years of time to our youths unproductive period of their lives ?
I bet a good degree could be taught with vastly lower cost base - and perhaps time base also.
Can you not outsource degrees. after all many people with degrees obtained in India etc finally work in the UK.
It occurs to me that much of what goes on in a degree does not need to be high cost, when repeated each year.
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