Re the escalating price of universities, why do we treat the issue like it’s totally a mystery? Aren’t the budgets and costs of large public universities (E.g. the UC system here in CA) public? Weren't these choices based on specific choices by specific individuals who are public employees? Can’t we pinpoint precisely who raised prices and why? What should cost substantially more today than 25 years ago (after inflation)? And why don’t we just demand that a system like UC just go back to the precise budgets of, say, 1995 (again inflation adjusted)? It seemed to be working ok then.
