<p>The original article certainly goes along with the normal apologists who never really assess why a university raises its tuition and fees at well above the rate of inflation year after year (it goes far beyond state budget cuts), while also offering instruction for maybe half the calendar year (end around May 1, take a month off in the winter, etc., etc.): where exactly is all this alleged teaching burden? </p>
<p>I don’t consider OOS UVA or other peers public and private a bargain at $1500-$2000 per week, and am glad our UVA student is our final collegian. Some day the system will indeed collapse.</p>
<p>One of UVA’s glaring competitive weaknesses is mediocre school housing stock and supply. As others have said, how could the place accommodate a large influx without a huge capital expense for dorms alone? You can’t just shovel thousands more into the surrounding community, either.</p>