Letter: College costs are out of control

MSU aerial north campus.jpgAn aerial view of a portion of MSU's north campus


Reading recently that Michigan State University raised tuition brings to me a thought. While MSU is like most other universities in that they raise tuition higher for their best customers (juniors and seniors) while seducing freshman with lower tuition costs, it strikes me as ridiculous and shows how out of touch universities really are.

Can you imagine trying to keep folks buying say another Ford by charging the previous Ford owners more than someone who doesn't own a Ford? Think that will work?

Both of my daughters attended and graduated from MSU and tuition at that time rose from $68 credit hour for the first daughter to $169 credit hour for daughter No. 2 six years later. Thank God we're done with colleges piling on student debt by increasing tuition to cover new buildings, increasing athletic budgets, etc.

I love college sports but it has become too big a business and it's the tail wagging the dog today. I guess nobody said college administrators are iconic managers of money. They seem to depend on the money tree from the state and student tuition.

While inflation was between 1-2 percent during the 90's, college tuition increased exponentially. My personal experience with tuition was from 1990 - 2000. It's out of control.

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