The state subsidies are still there, what has changed is the cost of attendance. Universities are willingly complicit in overselling the benefits and downplaying the cost of higher education to teenagers for whom other options might be more appropriate. That is dishonest to say the absolute least, and juxtaposed with these institutions&#x27; &quot;values&quot; is quite hypocritical.<p>This applies to for-profit private schools, sure, but these days it applies to our hallowed state schools as well.