The debating points at times seem contradictory. The council staff argued that tuition based on usage would cut back on course shopping and having students drop courses late in the term, when earlier decisions could let schools eliminate classes if there is a lack of interest. But if efficiency was the only consideration, wondered Bargo, why force engineers to take English. Somehow I think we seem to be losing track of that. Balancing the notion of efficiency and a market value versus the intrinsic value of higher education is a ticklish item.
Students pay about a third of the educational operating budgets.
Davies said the notion of charging more to an engineering student than an English student makes some sense. But it costs a lot of money to train a nurse, and should those much higher fees also apply to a degree that may not produce the same financial reward as an engineer.