tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212234230338648875.post3516686763310562355..comments2024-03-27T20:43:05.862-07:00Comments on The Eternal Universe: Public Colleges Raise Their Price on Some DegreesJoseph Smidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02583891162785742138noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212234230338648875.post-7715856083403255922007-07-28T20:51:00.000-07:002007-07-28T20:51:00.000-07:00Yes, I think dance majors should pay for my educat...Yes, I think dance majors should pay for my education!Joseph Smidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02583891162785742138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212234230338648875.post-44202233845987630852007-07-28T16:16:00.000-07:002007-07-28T16:16:00.000-07:00They are just acknowledging that some majors requi...They are just acknowledging that some majors require more money, which is true. From one perspective, why should students in the math department (the second cheapest department on campus, hey all they need are pencils, paper and erasers) pay just as much as the most expensive departments. More resources are being used in the Engineering and business departments (why does the business department need money? they don't need that many resources), so why should a philosophy major (the cheapest department, they just need pencils and paper, no erasers) pay so an Engineer can have a computer.<BR/><BR/>I think the answer lies in the second to the last paragraph where the comment is made that it is "fundamental for students to feel part of the larger college". You go to college for an education, what ever it may be, you should get a similar education even if it consists of different subjects. You don't pay to use a computer in the Engineering department, you pay to get an education.<BR/><BR/>Those are my thoughts on the matter.Quantumleap42https://www.blogger.com/profile/16711817313734546305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212234230338648875.post-90598638372019107922007-07-28T14:40:00.000-07:002007-07-28T14:40:00.000-07:00I think that charging more for certain degrees is ...I think that charging more for certain degrees is a disturbing idea. It threatens to divide academic disciplines into high and low status categories. For example, if engineers are charged more than physicists, that would seem to say that physics is lower status than engineering. And while I'm not trying to disparage engineering (my brother and father are engineers), I think that physics is just as important of a discipline as engineering.<BR/><BR/>In my opinion, states just need to suck it up and provide more funding for state schools. One possible solution is to earmark tax increases so the revenue they generate can only be used for education. Personally, I think the vast majority of voters would gladly shell out a little more if they knew it would only be used to improve education.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367937708444729356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212234230338648875.post-66166762804976390392007-07-28T14:39:00.000-07:002007-07-28T14:39:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367937708444729356noreply@blogger.com