About the money...

by Clay, Thursday, February 27, 2014, 15:00 @ Jay

Why is no one talking about the money? I realize that the University will be spending other people's money for this project, and that the Administration can walk and chew bubble gum, but what is being done about controlling tuition costs? I mean, there's only so much money the school can get out of its donors, right? Is something equally audacious being undertaken to control, freeze, or... gasp... decrease tuition costs so that ND alums can try to further the school's Catholic mission when they graduate instead of just going corporate because they need to pay student loans? This isn't to demean corporate America, but alums should have the choice, right? They shouldn't be forced into a career choice by student loans. So I guess my question is what is the state of tuition, is the school doing something equally audacious to get it under control (I have to think the answer is no, for the simple reason that I haven't heard about and I have heard about stadium expansion), and if not, why not?

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the case for Crossroads - Jay, 2014-02-27, 12:21
- oh please - JD in Portland, 2014-02-27, 18:46
- Good script, serviceable acting, - Mike (Max), 2014-02-27, 18:34
- About the money... - Clay, 2014-02-27, 15:00
  - excellent, i have one friend here!* - JD in Portland, 2014-02-27, 18:48
  - American culture is experiencing a student loan bubble - Geoff, 2014-02-27, 15:53
    - It's unbelievable - Jack, 2014-02-27, 16:20
      - Insane how fast tuition has been rising vis a vis inflation.* - Clay, 2014-02-28, 08:46
        Chart Friday! - HumanRobot, 2014-02-28, 08:56
    - this sort of ties back to Savage's post from yesterday - HumanRobot, 2014-02-27, 16:18
      - No, what happens is you go to jail - HullieAndMikes, 2014-02-27, 16:46
        Well, actually - CK08, 2014-02-27, 17:51
        
        Of course you default, that's how you end up in jail - JN, 2014-02-27, 17:24
        
        if it happens broadly enough - HumanRobot, 2014-02-27, 17:05
        
        If there's one strange concept, it's imprisoning debtors - Jack, 2014-02-27, 16:53
        All part of our wishes and unicorn economy - HullieAndMikes, 2014-02-27, 17:00
    - I heard that. The bubble is clear as day. - Clay, 2014-02-27, 16:11
    - I think you can add a good 5 years to that age range - JN, 2014-02-27, 16:07
      - One the one hand I have no one but myself to blame... - Clay, 2014-02-27, 16:12
        That's a good example of this problem - Geoff, 2014-02-27, 16:26
        Student Loan bailout might be a good solution - HumanRobot, 2014-02-27, 16:39
        you forgot the most likely answer - Samari, 2014-02-27, 21:40
        truth - HumanRobot, 2014-02-28, 07:08
        
        Seems like there are some grass roots campaigns for this. - Clay, 2014-02-27, 16:38
        The most recent Planet Money was about the cost of college - MHB (Rakes of Mallow), 2014-02-28, 07:07
        Bloated sticker prices... - Clay, 2014-02-28, 08:38
        
        Nobody has an answer to that question - CK08, 2014-02-27, 16:44
        I agree that they can and should do both. - Clay, 2014-02-28, 08:46
- I read the first article...its pretty weak - crazychester, 2014-02-27, 13:51
  - That's a pretty good analogy at the end - Mike (bart), 2014-02-27, 14:38
    - per the '08 plan, the Eddy St extension - Jay, 2014-02-27, 14:47
      - EDIT: Found them - Mike (bart), 2014-02-27, 14:49
        all kinds of questions - Jay, 2014-02-27, 15:14
        Working backwards - Mike (bart), 2014-02-27, 15:26
        thanks for the correction on the music dept - Jay, 2014-02-27, 15:30
        Protest sign maker, guitar shop, food co-op* - Mike (bart), 2014-02-27, 15:36
  - on the location criticism/campus epicenter (edit) - Jay, 2014-02-27, 14:13
    - I agree - CK08, 2014-02-27, 14:26
      - I think the dept moves will affect a small % - Jay, 2014-02-27, 14:40
        At the same time, if this is successful - Mike (bart), 2014-02-27, 14:48
        should there even be a Student Union? - HumanRobot, 2014-02-27, 14:55
        Kain Colter thinks so.* - BillyGoat, 2014-02-27, 15:23
        
        Maybe not a Union, per se - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2014-02-27, 14:57
        I realize more is better, but... - HumanRobot, 2014-02-27, 15:21
        Unless things have changed in the last 10 years - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2014-02-27, 15:31
        see below - HumanRobot, 2014-02-27, 15:37
        
        Is this opposite day? - PAK, 2014-02-27, 15:31
        
        six points for 'opplete'* - Jay, 2014-02-27, 15:24
        am I taking crazy pills, though? - HumanRobot, 2014-02-27, 15:35
        Well, point by point - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2014-02-27, 15:43
        
        don't ask me, I was on the Davaris Daniels plan* - Jay, 2014-02-27, 15:41
        American Sudies: - Mike (bart), 2014-02-27, 16:14
        
        I would never consider eating areas as group study areas. - PAK, 2014-02-27, 15:38
        
        I don't follow - Jay, 2014-02-27, 14:51
        But why are we assuming that it is a plus to have them - Mike (bart), 2014-02-27, 15:01
        What you describe probably sounds amazing - CK08, 2014-02-27, 16:49
        
        we could put them out by Carroll if you want* - Jay, 2014-02-27, 15:02
        For one thing, we could put stuff any number of places - Mike (bart), 2014-02-27, 15:09
        I'm talking strictly about student union/rec sports - Jay, 2014-02-27, 15:23
- That "American Interest" article referenced in there - HullieAndMikes, 2014-02-27, 12:50
- and - Jay, 2014-02-27, 12:22
  - initial reaction - Jay, 2014-02-27, 12:53
    - I've been debating posting something along these lines... - Supe, 2014-02-27, 13:12
  - Thoughts . . . - Mike (bart), 2014-02-27, 12:51
    - I, for one, am in favor of education.
      * - Buck Mulligan, 2014-02-27, 13:34
      One thing about the University of Notre Dame - Mike (bart), 2014-02-27, 14:30

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