<p>Skrlvr, you are right about underprepared students. Universities now have to add courses that are truly high school-level courses- and pay for teachers to teach, utilites to the classrooms, class room space, etc. But that’s just 1 aspect of soaring costs in higher education.</p>
<p>I have a PhD in science, I make less than a lot of other people, I do not have tenure. My salary comes from the research grants I get. When Congress cuts the NIH budget, I am in trouble. Fewer grants get funded each year. None of this matters to D’s college though. I think it should,</p>