• A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    “Its not about pay, its just about how more affordable things were for the pay you earned back then!”

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      1 month ago

      College tuition has massively outpaced inflation, much less wage growth.

      The policies (chiefly the change that made student loans no longer dischargeable in bankruptcy) that rocketed college tuition up are a MUCH more significant factor in college affordability, that’s just a fact.