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Here’s the underlying problem with the cost of college, AFAICT: There’s an ever-increasing pay gap between high-credential, high-education jobs (so-called “skilled labor;” HATE that term) and other jobs. Schools need a •lot• of people in that higher pay category, so college costs track the higher pay curve — but college is trying to stay accessible to families on that lower pay curve. Absent public subsidy or economic restructuring, that’s unsustainable. And public subsidy is on the rocks.

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