"The lazy rivers. The dining-hall steakhouse. The hot tubs. The dazzling fitness centers. Journalists who cover higher education love these lists of amenities in student housing, and readers love to hate them."
"If all your friends are going off to the school with the lazy river and the nosebleed tuition, it’s pretty hard to swallow your dreams and commute to the local branch of your state university. If all your friends on campus are living in the fancy building with the modern amenities, it’s really difficult to stay in the dorms by yourself. As most of us can remember from our own school years, the young are particularly vulnerable to this dynamic."
"It is one thing to say that we need a more affordable student-loan program so that people can get ahead. That should pay for things like tuition, books, food, basic housing. It should not be so generous that students' lifestyle in college far exceeds what they'll be able to afford after graduation."
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2016-03-08/luxurious-college-apartments-built-on-debt
hear, hear!
whats wrong with the idea of students living frugally while in college?
we did it.
and lived to tell great stories about it..........
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