In this post, AEI’s Andrew Kelly comments on what he calls Obama’s Stephen Colbert Moment — calling out colleges and universities for displeasing him with tuition increases.
Obama’s talk about getting tough with colleges over tuition is pure political blather. One reason costs keep going up, thus necessitating tuition increases, is that schools keep adding administrative positions like Chief Diversity Officer. College spending is responsible for the jobs of a great many of Obama’s most zealous supporters.
It’s easy to demagogue college costs, but this is nothing more than theatrics.
If Obama's seriously concerned about rising tuition costs he could prove it by getting the federal government out of the student loan business. I somehow don't see that happening.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseCalled "jawboning" by those who remember Kennedy's (and predecessors) attacking the steel industry for "raising" prices to keep up with the ever-expanding (government-) money supply.
All smoke and mirrors for the hoi polloi (many of whom vote).
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWell, the universities have to keep expanding administration, otherwise, even more of their graduates would learn their degree isn't worth the paper on which it is printed.
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