Charging U

Larry Bernstein
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Charging U Podcast

Why is college so expensive?  Charging U explores the causes of high college tuition.  If you want to know where all your money is going and why college costs so much more now than it did in the past, join host Larry Bernstein as he looks at how individual pricing, government policy, rankings, endowments, loans, luxurious amenities, administrative bloat, athletics, research, and other factors affect the price we pay for college.

  1. APR 25

    15. How to Reduce the High Cost of College

    Send us a textThe underlying cause of the high cost of college is an inability to objectively demonstrate quality or the value added by a college. Currently, college rankings are determined by the amount of money they have and spend. Those with more prestige are able to charge higher tuition. Higher education institutions need to be incentivized to adopt a system which measures the knowledge and abilities of students and make those results publicly available.This would invo...

    23 min

  2. APR 17

    14. Why Does College Cost So Much? Putting It All Together

    Send us a textThe high cost of college prevents many from attending or causes others to go into debt at an early age and delay life plans. Why does college cost so much? Because there is no objective measure of quality, prestige is determined by how much money a college has and spends. Individual pricing by private colleges allows them to charge each student the most that student and family are willing to pay, now and in the future, to attend that college. The steep in...

    19 min

  3. APR 10

    13. If Purdue Can Do It, Why Can't U?

    Send us a textPurdue University has frozen tuition for the last 13 years while improving its reputation. This has saved students $6,000 per year, reduced the amount of debt, and improved graduation rates. How did it do it and why don’t other universities do the same?Theme music: Sunshine by lemonmusicstudio via Pixabay

    10 min

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    12. The Interests of Colleges and Students Do Not Align

    Send us a textThe priorities of boards of trustees, administrators , and faculty are often different from those of the students. Those students are paying into a system which directs funds into activities that do not align with their interests. They do not have the ability to opt out of services they do not wish to receive and those looking to enter or remain in the middle class do not have the option to forgo getting a college degree.Theme music credit: Sunshine by lemonmusicstudio via...

    14 min

  5. MAR 27

    11. Why Not Use the Endowment To Pay For Everything?

    Send us a textWealth inequality among universities enables the rich to get richer. The design of college endowments limits the extent to which they can be used to reduce tuition for everyone.Theme music credit: Sunshine by lemonmusicstudio via Pixabay

    21 min

  6. MAR 20

    10. Do Campus Luxuries and Amenities Make College a Lot More Expensive?

    Send us a textClimbing walls and lazy river pools are conspicuous and attract much attention but add relatively little to the cost of attendance. On the other hand, colleges have been raising the prices they charge for housing at a rate much higher than inflation. The building boom on campuses has expanded space greater than the increase in student enrollment and has been very expensive. Theme music credit: Sunshine by lemonmusicstudio via Pixabay.

    18 min

  7. MAR 13

    9. The Rise of the Administrative State on Campus

    Send us a textFederal regulations and reporting requirements of colleges have grown in recent years forcing them to hire non-instructional staff to comply. But this only accounts for a small part of the amount spent on administration.Colleges have expanded their scope beyond the core missions of education and research. They are now more involved in the oversight of student life and health. They are providing more social support of students and they are addressing larger societal issues....

    28 min

  8. MAR 6

    8. How Much Are College Students Paying For Research?

    Send us a textInstitutional support of sponsored research has grown at twice the rate of inflation for over 60 years and is an overlooked cause of high tuition. The annual expense of unsponsored research is many thousands of dollars per student and may be an even larger contributor to rising costs.This National Science Foundation website https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site can be used to look up information regarding funding sources for university research. On the left s...

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Why is college so expensive?  Charging U explores the causes of high college tuition.  If you want to know where all your money is going and why college costs so much more now than it did in the past, join host Larry Bernstein as he looks at how individual pricing, government policy, rankings, endowments, loans, luxurious amenities, administrative bloat, athletics, research, and other factors affect the price we pay for college.

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