My point is ---- education has become expensive because the universities and colleges are supported by public funds, student loans and so on which in turn allows them to be too diversified with little competition to work toward either fulfilling their obligation of their charter or care about capturing revenue by providing an education at a reasonable cost to those who are actually support them through their taxes. They, like the state should assure that the an affordable education is accessible (NOTICE I DID NOT SAY FREE) to those who live and work in the state.
The burden should not be 100% on the student, nor should there be a debt created when there is any tax money used. IF you remove the public support from say U of M and force them to lower tuition, then the affordiblity will return and no one needs to use food stamps.
By the way, many students don't have a choice. They work toward entering a college and don't qualify because of a number of reasons or the quotas are filled for in-state students, leaving them to either fish for another school or give up on their career choice. I am one of those students who don't qualify because of my age - not my academics.
