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Appendix D Elasticity of Demand for College Graduates |
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Elasticity of Demand for
College Graduates
B. Price is up much more than even health care! 1. Cost of living tripled 2. Health care up six times 3. College tuition/fees almost ten times
1. The include graduate degrees in with just a bachelors' degree when reporting income figure for bachelors'' all students with a knowing that people with just a bachelor's degree earn much less than those that also have advanced degrees. 2. In the bachelors degree only group those prejudice for college use average earnings rather than median earnings as averages are skewed higher by high by STEM majors. See Effect of Education on Income 3. Grade inflation is used to convince students and parents their money is being well spent! Colleges teachers are increasing their own economic well-being by using high grades to make demand inelastic. Were college catalogs changed to say average is B+ to A-? Grade Inflation as A's and B's Increased from 40% to about 85% Making Product Look Like a Better Investment.
4. To maximize revenue private
colleges
6. Demand is
Inelastic
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Result US Students Pay Lots
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Advanced Degrees Graduates
Stem Graduates Make Much More
Bachelor's Only Earn Little Can't Pay for
Loans
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