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Originally Posted by BMW E90
Actually I'm no longer in college so the tuition hike doesn't affect me. I understand that there are other things that are being cut as well but lately it seems that every single thing is costing more and more. If some things go up and other things go down, I can understand that. However, when everything costs more and more every day then something needs to be done.
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the problem is that education is an area where the ROI isnt immediately evident, it takes time. take silicon valley, for example. one of the reasons it is successful is because there are well funded universities that attract world class talent. the folks that comprise this talent often remain in the area after graduation, and either contribute to existing companies, or start their own. in either case, the state makes $$$ via income and corporate taxes. i can bet you that the city of mtn view and the state of cali are damn happy that google is busy throwing money around in the south bay.
thats the upside. the downside, in an era of competing priorities, is tht it takes a lot of money to fund a world-class research instution that will attract the best and the brightest. so the folks in sacto decide to cut education funding, and put it wherever joe. q. public wants it most (prisons? buses? highways? who knows)