1. Do you think that it is possible for colleges to remain competitive in terms of resources and research
and still cut costs to allow the brightest students access?
2. Moody’s notes that more students are opting to, “enter the workforce without the benefit of a college
education.” Do you think such a move would weaken the global economic competitiveness of the United
States with that of other nations, especially because the bulk of our GDP consists or highly skilled
services?
3. To what extent should the government intervene and subsidize college education? Should college
education be viewed as a public good especially now that it is practically required for most entry level
jobs and therefore should it be completely subsidized by the tax payers, like the public school
system is ?
4. Why do you think that the seemingly corrupt, exorbitant administrative fees in many colleges, like the
University of Colorado, are seldom challenged by students? Do you think information flow may
be a problem?
5. Many sates are moving away from need based aid. What do you think is an equitable balance in
which a college can have the best students attend, but also have disadvantaged students attend?
Perhaps the disadvantage students have just as high a potential as the more qualified students, but
were merely disadvantaged in their education and time commitment available for education.
6. Is it even ethical for someone who is born more intelligent and is also wealthy enough to afford a
college education to be given an even larger economic advantage through merit aid?