<p>It seems that the only way it could work would be to charge by the specific course but this would add complications of a variable tuition and variable funding and could cause some students (and some parents) to pick and choose courses based on individual cost (i.e. take the philo course rather than the history course or vice-versa to save a few bucks) which could be detrimental to the student’s education. It might also encourage taking the minimal number of courses and refraining from ‘exploring’.</p>
<p>I do agree that certain science and engineering majors can be more costly to the college than certain other majors but this is largely because of difference in the number of courses that need to be taken in addition to the cost of the labs and maybe the teaching staff.</p>