[lbo-talk] Disappoint With #125

Mike Beggs mikejbeggs at gmail.com
Wed Mar 10 14:21:39 PST 2010


On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 4:25 AM, Chuck Loucks <lbo at hvgreens.org> wrote:


>  Public universities should not be
> raising tuition at rates higher than the CPI, period.

CPI is a poor benchmark for costs here, as with most public services, because they are labour intensive, and highly-skilled labour intensive at that, and not amenable to much in the way of productivity growth. Costs will tend to be more closely linked to the rate of salary growth than the average of consumer prices.

Mike Beggs



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