<p>If Amherst truly costs $75,000 per year than education has lost any sense of value and reality. That is almost $300,000 after tax dollars which would be higher than the net worth of all but the upper 1.5% of people in the world. Given that school is in session only about 36 weeks per year , we are talking over $2000 after tax dollars per week. This is absurd by any standard. And with the rate of increase, it will be $500,000 in another five to seven years. Even the people who can afford to pay this will begin to look upon it as being absurd.</p>
<p>And to say to someone that is only paying $50,000 per year that this is a discount is the height of absurdity</p>