03/15/2003 Archived Entry: "The Economics of Computer Science"

I was thinking about the tuition price increases lately. For those not in the know, CS has had 15% tuition hikes for each of the last 2 years; we now pay 4000$ per term. I can see how the hikes sorta make sense. There has lately been a lack of "high tech" jobs (witness the co-op situation), but still a very large number of CS students. So in an attempt to lower the number of students in the program, the school raises prices so that only those that truly want to be in CS go into (or stay in) CS. It's not like they can make entrance requirements (high 80's) any higher right? Thats the thing with capitalism, charge what the market will bear and only those who want it enough and can afford it, will.

Now back to being bitter and angry about it.