2. Thelin, John. "Why Did College Cost So
Little? Affordability and Higher Education a
Century Ago?" Society 52.6 (Dec. 2015):
585-589.
3. The
reading discusses the question of why college is so expensive today in relation
to how it was 100 years ago. College was a lot cheaper back then and its’ costs
were kept low, even when adjusted for inflation. However, the benefits were not
nearly as high as they are now.
4. John
Thelin is a professor of Educational Policy Studies at the University of
Kentucky. He is also an author and his latest book, A History of American
Higher Education was published by the Johns Hopkins University Press.
6. “For
example, annual tuition at a prestigious, private East Coast university
remained constant over two decades at about $120 to $150 per year (indexing for
inflation, this would be the equivalent of a tuition charge of about $3000
today).” (586)
“Dependence on low
costs suggested drastically lean curriculum and services. Academic advising was
informal if offered at all.” (587)
“In conclusion, one
answer to the question, “Why did college cost so little?” was that, unfortunately,
a century ago often colleges – even those celebrated as “Great American
Universities” – provided so little.” (589).
7. This information is
valuable to my research because it shows that colleges were not always so
expensive and that there obviously has been a rise. Although the direct causes
are not mentioned, it is interesting to note that the prices of colleges were
so inexpensive back then because they did not offer a lot to their students but
nowadays colleges offer everything they can to a student.
