America's Broken Colleges

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<p>I’m not sure what I think about this, but it is an interesting piece from December which might be relevent as people make financial decisions about which is the best college for thier kid. [America’s</a> broken colleges | Analysis & Opinion | Reuters](<a href=“http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/12/09/americas-broken-colleges/]America’s”>http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/12/09/americas-broken-colleges/)</p>

<p>“If an innovative college found a way to become more efficient and charge less while maintaining academic quality, its U.S. News ranking would actually go down…”</p>

<p>Of course, none of this takes into account the implicit market value in reputation when it comes time to seek employment…but it is an interesting way to look at the outrageous fact that the cost of an education has gone up 500% since the pell was introduced, and that the pell now only covers 33% of educational costs. fwiw.</p>

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<p>This article is devoid of constructive corrective action ideas. As such …</p>

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<p>I know. I kind of thought that, too. But, it seems as if people are agonizing over cost/benefit analysis in the college matriculation choice…but, yeah, it’s not really all that deep.</p>