Saturday, January 08, 2005
More and more people are starting to figure this out.
If you increase tuition levels, fewer kids will go to college.
If fewer kids go to college, income levels will be relatively lower.
So, if you want to increase your income levels, make it easier (not harder) to go to college.
That's a simple "systems view" of the policy choice to increase tuition levels. The interdependencies are actually a bit more complex. But the results are the same.
Here's a good article from Iowa that traces the logical loops. Go.
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Tuition levels and economic development
