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There is no magic money that does not require trade offs or enough &quot;waste&quot; [b]to eliminate that will cut tuition by more than half[/b].  Should colleges just give less financial aid to those who aren't in the top 10% of incomes. In the old days (before 1970) there might have been a couple dozen students in an Ivy class that were truly middle income or lower. Now, they get financial aid and are the majority of students. [/quote]

I don't think that is true.  In inflation adjusted dollars, a private education used to be about half what it is now.  We need detailed budgets to help us understand why this has changed.  The diversity of our education system is a plus. [B] To move to big box education for everybody but the ultra rich, the ultra poor, and a few in the 0.01% of academic achievement will depress innovative thinking in our country.[/B][/quote]
Colleges do not teach you to think or to innovate. If you haven't learned that before you get there, you never will.  Colleges exist to provide credentials to those that need or desire them. You can learn many things, but no one will believe that you know them until you show them a piece of paper that says that you know them. If the name on the certificate matters to you, you usually pay more. Sometimes there is value added by the name, sometimes there isn't.[/quote]

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