Occupy abolishes $4 million in other people's student loan debt-- OOOHH! Me next!

[the2real4mafol]

Kantor said:

the2real4mafol said:

University should be free at point of need to start with. So we aren't seemingly punished for doing higher education and wanting something better out of life. The current situation is just disgusting.

Although good on occupy but my point is this shouldn't have to be necessary 

Leading American universities cost far too much money to run for that to be feasible.

As for Britain, it was free until we decided that we had to quintuple the number of people going through it. Honestly, I think it would make a lot more sense for universities to be funded based on the quality of their teaching than for a PPE student at Oxford and student of modern dance at London Met to warrant the same amount of funding for their universities. One obviously costs far more to teach and creates far more value than the other.

How can a US university cost so much when the campus halls seem to be almost like army barracks but not even have a kitchen? I don't know how wide spread that is but thats what i heard when i thought about studying abroad and the USA was an option. 

If a US university costs are similar to my university i'm studying at. They are probably not spending all of it on research and education. The vice-chancellor at Plymouth (where i'm studying) gets nearly £300,000 a year and the chancellor gets over £500,000 a year. University can be ran far cheaper i think, but when management get over £100,000 a year it's just crazy. their pay should be closer to the lecturers and support staff. While costs like building new facilities are necessary but don't happen that often. And also you know it's stupid when some universities lower your fees if you get a high result.

Tuition fees are just a rip off