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Zeus posted...

It already is heavily subsidized. The issue is government-backed college loans which have removed the need for colleges to control costs. If government-backed loans weren't a thing, you'd see college become much more affordable almost overnight because they'd have to find a way to be affordable.

Otherwise there are a lot of state schools with very reasonable tuition right now. Most of the debt horror stories involve people picking schools that were expensive decades ago.

I've heard for 2 decades now (probably been longer, just that's as far back as I remember hearing about it) that supposedly states used to subsidize in state tuition costs more, and over the years have scaled back on it to save budget / cut taxes / etc...
Though I'm not sure how true that is...
Could be a "lies, damned lies, and statistics" situation where the % of tuition covered by the state has gone down, but their contributions have stayed level when adjusted for inflation, and the former stat is only decreasing b/c college infamously has gone up in cost much faster than inflation.
In which case, it's not the states' fault. I blame that on the colleges handing out massive salaries to admin positions and the athletics dept., and on the students and parents for gladly paying for for the finest facilities and grounds and thus enable this shit.
Has anyone covered the supposed decline in state funding for tuition fairly and accurately? Now I'm curious if it's true or "true on a technicality".