Comments on: Surprise! Tuition Surging $1600

By: DumSpiroSpero

DumSpiroSpero — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 17:00:31 +0000

It should be noted that a lot of what the U Ohio professor is implicitly advocating for is a free-market approach or strategy to managing a University, which might not be suitable in this circumstance. The “product” that a University tenders is the Diploma, the value of which is intrinsically tied to the intellect and skills of an individual. The diploma isn’t tangible and doesn’t have a lifespan, nor can it be backed by a warranty of sorts. So can the “production” of a diploma be managed my a free-market-esque structure? I don’t believe it should. Rather, the university needs to concentrate more effectiveness rather efficiency; a trade school like DeVry is cost-efficient, a University like, in your case, Marquette is effective (I attend St. John’s in New York). With that being said, I believe the reason for such exorbitant costs can be attributed to federal funding, and less-so to other causes. Federal funding has expanded the market for many Universities, unnaturally affording a far larger number of less-qualified people an opportunity to go to college. I think most people know this argument, so I won’t have to delve into the particulars…

By: Scarsella

Scarsella — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 14:56:46 +0000

spet3r, the amount of applications in the last three years compared to the three application years when I attended is double digit percentage growth. 12,000 applications per year is, in my opinion, a huge influx of people wanting to go to Marquette. That number is more than the current graduate and undergraduate population.

You may not see a major influx because, assuming you are a student, the classes that come in remain relatively the same size.

By: DeanWormer

DeanWormer — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 12:48:25 +0000

If you had worked a little higher in high school or had a higher ACT or SAT score, Daniel, you might have been able to get into Wisconsin or Illinois. Marry well and your kids might have a shot. As for Minnesota, if you got into Marquette you could likely have gone to Minnesota, which is viewed as the “safety school” for Milwaukee-area high school students who want the Big Ten experience.

By: spet3r

spet3r — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 04:18:46 +0000

not seeing the connection… I don’t see a major influx of people wanting to go to Marquette compared to years prior. Most universities are good at keeping the same amount of acceptance and overall application rates year to year.

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 11:59:29 +0000

Lets play apples and oranges again.
Marquette is a private school, and comparing it to UW or Illinois PUBLIC tuition is as ignorant as it gets.

Compare it to Harvard, Pepperdine or Yale next ime.

By: Scarsella

Scarsella — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:41:42 +0000

Tuition goes up because more people want to go to Marquette (demand) for a relatively fixed amount of spaces (supply). Couple that with increased operating costs (salaries/benefits/occupancy) and its easy to see why Marquette raises tuition.

The increases in salary that i have experienced in the 43 months in the workforce have outpaced those of the tuition increases at Marquette between Academic year 99-00 through 02-03.

It’s all relative.

By: spet3r

spet3r — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 00:13:21 +0000

How is that related to Supply / Demand? Tuition goes up because they need more money, its simple. The reason they need the money could be debated…