When we're dealing with decades, it's very hard to zoom out and see the wider context on how much more expensive everything is vs. stagnant wage growth. I had classmates who went to UCLA or Berkeley in '93 for about $5K a year. That'd get your 3-credit course here at Lehigh. (1) https://t.co/DmhSe6A5th

— Jeremy Littau (@JeremyLittau) August 25, 2022

My uncle paid his way through the University of Florida in the late 1970s and early 1980s working part-time at a convenience store during the school year, and full time in summer. He had no other source of funding. That wouldn’t even get you a class now.

College and rent were both far, far cheaper then. I think Boomers truly don’t understand this. Somehow.