[Mick]

Pretty crappy that some colleges are charging full boat for online learning. I would advise my kids (way past college) to take the gap and work or volunteer. In the West we need volunteer firefighters.

Agreed.  I actually spoke with the Director of Finance at SCU, my alma mater.  I told her that I thought it was unconscionable that SCU was denying the full collegiate experience while at the same time charging full rates for what amounted to a University of Phoenix online education.

Her response was actually very lengthy, but it boils down to the following three items:

1)  All universities, SCU included, have enormous fixed costs against an expected revenue stream, whether or not classes are in person.
2)  The universities have  incurred costs to put all classes online.
3)  We ain't changing sxxt.  

That last one was paraphrased, but fundamentally accurate.

[Mick]

Pretty crappy that some colleges are charging full boat for online learning. I would advise my kids (way past college) to take the gap and work or volunteer. In the West we need volunteer firefighters.

Agreed.  I actually spoke with the Director of Finance at SCU, my alma mater.  I told her that I thought it was unconscionable that SCU was denying the full collegiate experience while at the same time charging full rates for what amounted to a University of Phoenix online education.

Her response was actually very lengthy, but it boils down to the following three items:

1)  All universities, SCU included, have enormous fixed costs against an expected revenue stream, whether or not classes are in person.
2)  The universities have  incurred costs to put all classes online.
3)  We ain't changing sxxt.  

That last one was paraphrased, but fundamentally accurate.