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maxomaiI really hate this.
You see the problem here, right? These majors are hard enough without the tuition differential, especially if you're paying for college yourself. With the tuition differential, you're going to see a lot of students switch into "easier" majors to save money, or drop out of school altogether.
This does not help our nation in the long run.
Having a hard major is getting more expensive.
A growing number of public universities are charging higher tuition for math, science and business programs, which they argue cost more to teach — and can earn grads higher-paying jobs.
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"The key is we want to have highly ranked universities … you're going to have to have a way to fund" them, Florida State University President Eric Barron said. "Would you decide not to follow what you're most interested in if it cost $500 more?"
You see the problem here, right? These majors are hard enough without the tuition differential, especially if you're paying for college yourself. With the tuition differential, you're going to see a lot of students switch into "easier" majors to save money, or drop out of school altogether.
This does not help our nation in the long run.
