College and Carbon Neutrality
Tom Friedman asks in today’s NYT, “Why doesn’t every college make it a goal to become carbon-neutral — that is, reduce its net CO2 emissions to zero?” (TimesSelect subscription required)
I’ll give an initial possible answer: they already have enough to worry about with double-digit tuition increases practically every year without adding such costs.
More about tuition inflation here, such as this, “On average, tuition tends to increase about 8% per year. An 8% college inflation rate means that the cost of college doubles every nine years.”
I’ll give an initial possible answer: they already have enough to worry about with double-digit tuition increases practically every year without adding such costs.
More about tuition inflation here, such as this, “On average, tuition tends to increase about 8% per year. An 8% college inflation rate means that the cost of college doubles every nine years.”
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