Reporter wrote:

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College Board approves tuition increases By Richard Lakerlake@clarionledger.com "The state College Board approved increases of up to 5.5 percent today, lower than what six presidents requested."

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This stinks! Why should one pay more for what most likely will be a worthless degree? Why not make paying it back contingent on future income? Where in the heck did that statistic come from that says college graduates earn more in their life-time than high school graduates?

Show me the numbers!

USM Alumni Anonymous wrote:

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This stinks! Why should one pay more for what most likely will be a worthless degree? Why not make paying it back contingent on future income? Where in the heck did that statistic come from that says college graduates earn more in their life-time than high school graduates? Show me the numbers!

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USM AA, college grads do make more but as a recent and interesting Forbes (evil capitalist rag) article indicates this most likely has little to do with the college education received: Five Reasons To Skip College - http://www.forbes.com/2006/04/15/dont-go-college_cx_lh_06slate_0418ski pcollege.html?partner=alerts

"By this logic, the real economic value in a Princeton degree is not the vaunted Princeton education, but in signaling potential employers that you are smart enough to get into Princeton. Actually, attending the classes is irrelevant. A few years back, we even went so far as to speculate that an entrepreneur could build a healthy businesses by charging, say $16,000, to certify qualified high-school graduates as Ivy League material. (See: “ Is Yale A Waste Of Money?”) College-skippers could invest the $144,000 savings and have a nice nest-egg built up by the time they are in their mid-30s. And they could use their formative years between 18 and 22 to learn an actual trade."