tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post1758971777662697929..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Tuitions & Baumol's Cost DiseaseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-62705397666871466662012-10-09T04:01:32.164-04:002012-10-09T04:01:32.164-04:00My pay is the exact same number amount it was in 2...My pay is the exact same number amount it was in 2000. Yes, I'm serious. That is not a misprint. 12 years with the same amount, no adjustment for inflation or anything. Enrollments and stock value have skyrocketed since then and tuition has gone up gradually.AdjunctSlavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17025851491072402087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-20910875644469331302012-10-08T16:04:24.431-04:002012-10-08T16:04:24.431-04:00Indeed. I can't claim I thought about the who...Indeed. I can't claim I thought about the whole employability issue all that carefully at the ripe old age of 22, but I also can't blame my 22-year-old self, since I was being told, loud and clear, that it was a non-issue. I actually spent energy musing on whether I'd be a better fit for a SLAC or an R1 (and that seemed like a logical, not a ridiculously self-indulgent, question). Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-30704304892821435202012-10-08T15:56:38.353-04:002012-10-08T15:56:38.353-04:00Tuition's increased 38% here since 2007. We h...Tuition's increased 38% here since 2007. We have not had significant cost-of-living increases since 2004 or so, though we do have merit raises (meaning: publish if you want to eat; teaching well or serving amply does not count).<br /><br />Cassandra, I too went to grad school on a fellowship premised on Bowen's study. I'm glad I don't have debts, but oh, the irony.Frog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-9810625897939144542012-10-08T15:53:31.728-04:002012-10-08T15:53:31.728-04:00Tuition went up5.5% across the board here this fal...Tuition went up5.5% across the board here this fall. My last salary increase was 1% in 2007. I will not see any of that money, partly because salaries are a "fixed" cost that they "can't afford to address right now."<br /><br />Yes, I have been looking for work outside academia...because the public sector salaries in this state suck ass. So Baumol has obviously not kept upBurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.com