"in 1978, a student who worked a minimum-wage summer job could afford to pay a year's full tuition at the 4-year public university of their choice."
"in 1978, a student who worked a minimum-wage summer job could afford to pay a year's full tuition at the 4-year public university of their choice."
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apr 1, 2014 ... in 1979, when the minimum wage was $2.90, a hard-working student with a  minimum-wage job could earn enough in one day (8.44 hours) to pay for one ... ( for the current academic year, average tuition at 4-year public schools is $8,893,  but with room and board, the total average cost comes to $18,391.).
sep 1, 2014 ... in recent months, politifact has done a number of fact-checks about tuition and  student debt. here are five of them: • "in 1978, a student who worked a minimum- wage summer job could afford to pay a year's full tuition at the 4-year public  university of their choice." mostly true. this claim came from a meme ...
oct 27, 2014 ... as we recently pointed out, a student who worked a minimum wage summer job  in 1978 could afford to pay their full year's college tuition without taking out ... the  average tuition of all private and public 4-year colleges against the number of  weeks of full-time work a person would need to pay for college.
jun 9, 2016 ... we have checked many claims about the cost of college tuition. in 2014, for  instance, politifact national examined this claim: "in 1978, a student who worked  a minimum-wage summer job could afford to pay a year's full tuition at the 4-year  public university of their choice." based on national averages, ...
oct 22, 2015 ... in 1978, it was possible to earn enough money to pay for a year of college tuition  just by working a summer job that paid minimum wage. today, it would take a  minimum wage worker an entire year to earn enough to cover the annual in-state  tuition at a public university. and that's why so many bright young ...