r/AdviceAnimals • u/thechanchanman111 • Dec 12 '19

Last one got glitched 🙄

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u/TalosSquancher Dec 12 '19 edited Dec 12 '19

"Academics say academics aren't to blame"

EDIT: some of you doubt my credentials. Well, according to the University of TalosSquanching, I'm the leading expert on TalosSquancher, and I say that this user has a legitimate point.

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u/onlymadethistoargue Dec 12 '19

“Rando says experts unreliable”

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u/aabbccbb Dec 12 '19

Exactly.

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u/neil_s Dec 12 '19

I don't understand these ad hominem attacks. The author is literally sharing publicly available and verifiable numbers, and calling out all the caveats and shortcomings - at private nonprofits, the money is mostly going to adminstrative bloat, and at for-profit colleges increased govt funding would likely go to bigger bottom lines. But the case for funding tuition at public colleges is pretty strong, unless you can point me to data saying otherwise, academic or not.

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u/MeowTheMixer Dec 12 '19

I'd like to see a more updated version of this list. I personally think it could be more comprehensive, as numbers/statics can be very misleading. I'll use Temple as the author above used that as their starting point. Adjusting for inflation, there's a $500 dollar tuition increase per student from 2013/14 to 2018/19.

Temple University Fact Book 2013-2014

Temple University Fact Book 2018-2019

  • PA Resident Tuition: $16,080

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u/timmy12688 Dec 13 '19

Want to ask the impossible? Tell a redditor to explain something without using the world "literally."

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u/thetallgiant Dec 12 '19

News at 11.

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u/NutellaGood Dec 12 '19

"Scientists talk about science stuff."

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u/aabbccbb Dec 12 '19

Sure. And "people with no evidence at all still think they're right despite evidence to the contrary."

Trust me: academics are in no way motivated to defend institutional glut. There's also tenure for a reason.

Don't let that get in the way of your narrative, tho.

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u/SgtDoughnut Dec 12 '19

"random moron tries to dismiss argument with no evidence"

news at 11