(07-07-2017 04:18 PM)MplsBison Wrote: False todge -- by definition.
Students ALWAYS have a choice in tuition: that's literally the decision of choosing that school or not. If the school raises tuition too high, students go elsewhere.
there are many factors that play into where a student ends up going to school so your simplistic argument about "having a choice" is just that simplistic
students could be 2 or three years into a degree program only offered at the one school in their area when the ADMINISTRATION makes the decision to increase academic side transfers to athletics
there is no real "choice" for that student to uproot themselves and move to an area/school that offers that same degree program, that will take their transfer credits and that will have the same cost of living
a student could be set on a particular degree only offered at a couple of schools in the state and perhaps because one school being in a much more desirable place to live their program fills up faster and is more difficult to get into
so the "choice" of what school to attend for that degree program is several limited for that student
a student might have to live at home to save money so their "choice" is limited
a student might have a family, career, very good job as they work their way through school and thus their "choice" to up and move to a school that limits academic transfers is not there for them
so again only a simpleton sees it as "choose to go elsewhere if you are not happy with the administration of a school making a unilateral decision to increase academic transfers"
and taking that (very weak) side of an argument is all the worse in the case of an administration that has already admitted that their academic side transfers are not long term sustainable
it is not as you pretend where there are many readily available other options that offer the same degrees, admission requirements, same cost of living, same places to live (like with family), career choices ect for working/adult students to choose from especially in a particular area or even state and that all a student has to do is drive 12 miles to the east to school B that spends less on athletics instead of 12 miles to the west to school A that spends more on athletics