Higher Tuition For an Engineering Degree 531
i_like_spam writes "The NYTimes is running a story about a new trend in tuition charges at public universities throughout the country. Differential pricing schemes are being implemented, whereby majors in engineering and business pay higher tuition rates than majors in arts and humanities. Last year, for instance, engineering majors at the University of Nebraska starting paying an extra $40 per credit hour. One argument in support of differential pricing is that professors in engineering and business are more expensive than in other fields. Officials at schools that are implementing differential pricing are aware of some of the downsides. A dean at Iowa State said he 'thought society was no longer looking at higher education as a common good but rather as a way for individuals to increase their earning power.' And a University of Kansas provost said, 'Where we have gone astray culturally is that we have focused almost exclusively on starting salary as an indicator of... the value of the particular major.'"
Engineering ain't cheap (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Chem labs cost money: (Score:3, Informative)
I was just looking at this yesterday... (Score:4, Informative)
Some of the differentials are enormous at the university I attend [umn.edu] (pdf link):
Thankfully, I have no aspirations to become management, and I just take classes in the CS department (I'm a doctoral student in music)...
Re:Too late. (Score:5, Informative)
Seriously, there's a major entitlement problem with younger Americans these days. They seem to think they're entitled to being multimillionaires, but they're not willing to do the work necessary to achieve that.
However, I do wonder how representative your sample set is. I'm a little older (graduated college in '97), but I was at a state university (Virginia Tech) and I don't remember meeting anyone with that kind of attitude. It might be something limited to the overpriced private schools.
Re:flush toilets/sewage systems (Score:1, Informative)
Ah-hemmm. (Score:5, Informative)
Reagan earned a BA degree in 1932 from Eureka (Ill.) College, where a photographic memory aided in his studies and in debating and college theatricals. [infoplease.com]
OTH, the last president to keep us out of war was Jimmy Carter:
received a B.S. degree from the United States Naval Academy in 1946...graduate work at Union College in reactor technology and nuclear physics, [jimmycarterlibrary.org] In fact, you will find that most presidents that kept us out of war had really served in the military (not fake like W), and typically had a science/engineering degree.
As to lack of books, well, a simple Google once in a while would work just as well for you. You may find out more than you think.
Indian Numbering System (Score:3, Informative)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numbering_sys
Please take a bit to educate yourself with regards to lakh and crore so you won't mistake his approach as mistaken.
Oh... And someone please mod grandparent Informative now that I cannot.
Re:Chem labs cost money: (Score:3, Informative)
(Of course, they're all way behind my alma mater, MIT. My family made about the same as tuition; I had a need-based family contribution of $0 and most of my need was met through grants. MIT has always prided itself on having lots of first-generation college students and students from blue-collar families. I've also heard that the main advantage being a legacy gets you in admissions is that if you're going to be deferred or rejected, they give your application a second look and notify your parents by personal phone call to break the news.)