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SHIRLEY SVORNY: MAKE COLLEGE COST MORE. ?The state?s prosperity rests on public policies that enco?

By Glenn Reynolds

SHIRLEY SVORNY: MAKE COLLEGE COST MORE. “The state’s prosperity rests on public policies that encourage economic activity, not on heavy subsidies to higher education. Moreover, artificially low fees attract some students to higher education who simply aren’t suited to the academic rigors of a university. Ultimately, the presence of these lower-achieving students hurts those who are more academically inclined, as they end up in watered-down courses in which professors have to focus on bringing the low achievers along.”

Related: The Five-Year Party: Is College Worth It? “About 70 percent of high school graduates start college, but only half complete a degree within four years. A large number of those who do graduate have trouble finding good-paying jobs or end up doing something for which they do not need a college degree. Brandon’s conclusion: Millions of people would be better off doing something else with their time and money.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on November 25, 2010 (boomark / email).