Quote:An engineering and medical education ought not cost a pair of people nearly 200grand. That's insane consideirng the benefit they provide society.

Vicious cycle:

 

1. Engineers provide a great value to society, so we must pay them well.

2. We need to recruit good engineers to teach the engineers of tomorrow, but we need to pay them even more than they were making previously to get them on board.

3. Wow, these engineering instructors sure cost a lot of money! We'll have to raise tuition to pay for them, but it's ok, because engineering graduates provide a great value to society and are paid very well.

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