Reposted by Melissa
No one would care about accommodations or most of the other problems, real or imagined, if top public university tuition was $5000/year. The public defunding & passing of costs onto families/students via tuition is at the root of the societal-wide panic about all things related to higher education.
As recently as the late 1980s, tuition at @uwmadison.bsky.social was <$1000/semester. In current dollars, that's about $2500/semester. There is one central reason for that: the . This was a choice. Other choices remain readily available.
December 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
No one would care about accommodations or most of the other problems, real or imagined, if top public university tuition was $5000/year. The public defunding & passing of costs onto families/students via tuition is at the root of the societal-wide panic about all things related to higher education.