[UGAalum94]

I think one thing that's being left out of this debate is the cost of attending some schools versus others.

If you elect to attend a pricey private school you probably owe somewhere between four and ten times as much money as a public college grad, with no corresponding increase in your salary. (Sure there could be an increase in your salary, but it's probably much more field of study related rather than cost of school related.)

Why should this decision be subsidized by the government at all?

ETA: am I wrong in thinking of it this way? It's not that I want some system that keeps students who can't afford to write a 100,000-200,000 dollar check for their education out of elite schools, and yet, maybe the schools themselves should help the kids finance it? What was Havard's endowment?