Comments on: College http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/2208 Just another Firedoglake weblog Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:48:46 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: BargainCountertenor http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/2208/comment-page-1#comment-16349 BargainCountertenor Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:16:35 +0000 http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/2208#comment-16349 <p>1. Possibly, it’s difficult to say. Every State’s mechanisms for setting fees in public higher ed is different. Private schools are a different deal. It’s tough to guess how they are going to respond — Harvard has taken a big hit in its endowment, and they’re going to try to address it through belt-tightening.</p> <p>2. Higher ed tends to be countercyclical — bad economic times show increased enrollments, especially in graduate and professional programs. States may want to cut higher ed expenditures, but they’ll find it difficult to do. Some States (California, I’m looking at YOU) are already severely underfunding higher ed, so it’s difficult to see how they can go further down.</p> <p>3. The credit freeze has already affected student loans, adversely. It’s difficult to understand why, because they are (mostly) guaranteed by the Feds. The ROR on them isn’t especially great, but it does tend to be a safe investment.</p> 1. Possibly, it’s difficult to say. Every State’s mechanisms for setting fees in public higher ed is different. Private schools are a different deal. It’s tough to guess how they are going to respond — Harvard has taken a big hit in its endowment, and they’re going to try to address it through belt-tightening.

2. Higher ed tends to be countercyclical — bad economic times show increased enrollments, especially in graduate and professional programs. States may want to cut higher ed expenditures, but they’ll find it difficult to do. Some States (California, I’m looking at YOU) are already severely underfunding higher ed, so it’s difficult to see how they can go further down.

3. The credit freeze has already affected student loans, adversely. It’s difficult to understand why, because they are (mostly) guaranteed by the Feds. The ROR on them isn’t especially great, but it does tend to be a safe investment.

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