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exboyfil

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3. Stated reason - More expensive to educate engineers

Reply to bobbieinok (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 24, 2018, 06:40 AM

Feb 2018

Actual reason - Engineering degree has more economic value. Engineering students have more paid internship opportunities.

Actually the internship argument was given when the differential tuition proposal first came up. They quickly backed away from that argument for obvious reasons.

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Engineers pay about $2,400/yr. more at Iowa State exboyfil Feb 2018 #1

What is the reason for this? bobbieinok Feb 2018 #2

Stated reason - More expensive to educate engineers exboyfil Feb 2018 #3

Sure sounds like a profitable con. Altho, bet engineering profs are paid higher salaries bobbieinok Feb 2018 #4

and the legislature is cutting money to the regents universities again rurallib Feb 2018 #5