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Perhaps someone can relay what the tuition is per semester at Hendrix. Just curious. I'll just bet those increases in tuition saw a per ratio increase in classroom faculty salaries.

According to their website:

2006-2007:

Tuition $22,616

Housing, meals, fees $6,658

That site: www.hendrix.edu and go to the Admissions link.

That's roughly ten times what it cost in 1976 , the last year before the Reagun revolution killed the Basic Educational Oportunity Grant. During my tenure I watched the complexion and diversity of the studentry change. Inelligible for student aid I was able to put myself through school working summers in an aluminum mill. I can only imagine what children of privilege form the legacy of Henderson Brown and Galloway Womens.
I know they fucked up the frisbee golf course too.

The time has come to move Mother to the nursing home. She would be alarmed to learn that the costs associated w/her care exceed the entire nut at Hendrix. But she would be no more flabbergasted than was her son the alum when he saw the rate card at the home.

I enrolled at Arkansas Tech in the fall of 1963 at the princely sum of $50 per semester. I think my dorm/meal fee was around $80. By the time I graduated, tuition had soared to around $150 per semester, and I was living at home.

I, at least, got an actual "education"--unlike the training certificates offered these days.

I don't mean to be rude, but I am always aggrevated when people, upon hearing what tuitiion costs these days, say "I remember when I was in school it cost 8 cents per credit hour!" or something to that effect.

If the tuition seems high, there are some valid reasons. To put it one way, it costs money to keep up with the Jones. New buildings/equipment/faculty don't come cheap.

But here's my real beef: if you think the prices are outrageous, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. No, I don't know what that something is. Someone higher up than me should look in to that.

Or, don't seem so flabbergasted. I always feel a little insulted when someone reacts that way, like they're saying "your college education isn't worth that price," or "you're getting a crap deal on your schooling."

That's roughly ten times what it cost in 1976 - Posted by: Zarathustr

I am always aggrevated when people. . . say "I remember when I was in school it cost 8 cents per credit hour!" or something to that effect.- Posted by: Arkansas Student
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Arkansas Student - remember, when you hear those old folks complain, its just part of the aging process. Similar to Zorro's comment (minus the profanity), the bad news Mustang I bought new in the early 70s cost less than 1/10 the price of a potent 2006 model.

The only thing that hasn't kept up is the minimum wage. (And I surprise myself by saying that.)

My comments were more about the cost of nursing home care than the price of Hendrix. I hope that Arkansas Student does a better job of reading for meaning in his/her schoolwork than he/she does here on the blog.

Fuck you, don.