Mr. Laude noted that the productions of "Kommilitonen!" and "Satyagraha" coincided with national protests by thousands of students over exorbitant tuition costs as well as rallies decrying economic inequality.
"It is deeply unfair for vice-chancellors to be taking home enormous pay packets while students are struggling to cope with spiralling debt thanks to exorbitant tuition fees and the soaring cost of living," she said.
"In this report, you will find overwhelming documentation of exorbitant tuition, aggressive recruiting practices, abysmal student outcomes, taxpayer dollars spent on marketing and pocketed as profit, and regulatory evasion and manipulation," Mr. Harkin, an Iowa Democrat who is chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said in a statement on Sunday.
Competition among the elite institutions for the very best students has grown increasingly frenzied in recent years, with universities vying to offer the most attractive discounts on their otherwise exorbitant tuition fees to cement their prestige and claim coveted top positions in national league tables.
So we thought, 'This man deserves an honorary doctorate from us!'" However, some former students were unhappy, with Corinna Kirsch, now an arts journalist, writing: "As an alum of SAIC, I am offended that the school's exorbitant tuition and fees will help fund this nonsense".
In response, the man behind the BarMax app idea, Mike Ghaffary, writes, "We are very relieved for the repeater students that can save some money and take advantage of this!" He goes on to note that, "Additionally, they are offering free access to their online lectures for students who pay their exorbitant tuition, but that part is too little too late".
Mr. Wolff, whose books include the autobiography "The Duke of Deception," and the novel "The Age of Consent," said his distaste for exorbitant tuitions, debt-ridden students and shabby teaching at many big-name programs persuaded him to develop a course of study that undermined the traditional model.
AT least one good thing has come out of today's exorbitant college tuition: if you charge it on certain credit cards, frequent-flier miles.
Grammar schools have far fewer poor children than their neighbours; they are fuelled by an exorbitant private tuition industry; the "tutor proof" test has been as widely rubbished as the claim that grammars ever benefited significant numbers of really poor children.
However, without serious steps to curb the exorbitant rise in tuition, this bill will only enable students to over-borrow.
The young, by contrast, are burdened with ballooning costs of university tuition, exorbitant house prices, pathetically underfunded internship programs, and a job market that is continually eradicating full-time work.
