rbowman wrote:
On 08/27/2019 07:35 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
Before you implement that, lets answer another question.Â* Why
is the
cost of education so high?Â* The same people that complain about
corporate profits never ask about tuition costs or salaries of
staff.

https://grimshaw.global/projects/empac/

When I went there it was an engineering school with most
buildings dating from the early 20th century. Now it not only has
a superfantabulous performing arts center but the highest paid
private university president in the country. EMPAC was her
brainstorm but being a female POC one cannot criticize.

It looks really nice!! : ) I'm sure someone would argue that
it's part of marketing. But if you think about it, what do you
get when you have schools marketing against one another? --
Higher tuition.

Someone pointed out recently that when some of us grew up, we did
so without a lot of "luxuries". No cell phones for instance, no
Starbucks. Many people drive hyper-expensive vehicles or trucks
which are not paid for now. I have coffee a few times a week,
but, so far, I have never been to Starbucks. But to "circle back
to where we started", maybe "marketing" is partially to blame for
why we (over?) spend. But we like "capitalism", right? Maybe we
don't need it so much in our schools, and we should treat them
more like "utilities". Part of the dilemma, is that in our
current society, they resemble utilities in our need for them (to
"not be left behind...").

Bill