We're talking about $4800 dollars over the course of an entire 4 year program, so they're not exactly charging Harvard College of Law prices for an electrical engineering degree from Georgia Tech. In fact, if you buy all your textbooks at the university bookstore, you may end up spending more than $4800 right there. All this talk about a two-tiered educational system in which only the socio-economic elite can afford degrees in scientific disciplines strikes me as a tad melodramatic.
In my home state, we handle the higher costs of university studies with the Hope Scholarship program, funded through a tax levied against stupid people; we call it 'the Lottery' and it's quite effective at getting your B+ average students through school.
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We're talking about $4800 dollars over the course of an entire 4 year program, so they're not exactly charging Harvard College of Law prices for an electrical engineering degree from Georgia Tech. In fact, if you buy all your textbooks at the university bookstore, you may end up spending more than $4800 right there. All this talk about a two-tiered educational system in which only the socio-economic elite can afford degrees in scientific disciplines strikes me as a tad melodramatic. In my home state, we handle the higher costs of university studies with the Hope Scholarship program, funded through a tax levied against stupid people; we call it 'the Lottery' and it's quite effective at getting your B+ average students through school.