@spaf He did apply and was accepted to other, better institutions. But all of higher ed is going through enormous economic challenges right now, and none of the schools had affordable tuition or offered meaningful scholarships.
We saved very generous funds for our children's educations; however, tuitions have wildly outpaced even our very cautious estimates, and neither we nor our children can reasonably go deeply into debt in today's economic landscape.
Federal and state funding for higher ed dried up long ago, and without that support, schools must look to families.
When my brothers and I went to university, grants, scholarships, and low-interest loans were plentiful. That is not true now and hasn't been for some time.
At this point, the only places my son can afford are places he wouldn't want to go. This is criminal, given his drive to learn, his intelligence, his willingness to work, and his past educational performance. By any measure, he would be a serious catch for any institution.
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