Much of the increase in admin staff and university spending has come from all of that free government aid money we keep giving them. If we make tuition &quot;free&quot; for everyone, then universities will get a bottomless pit of money to spend on useless things. They will be almost totally divorced from the incentive to keep costs low. Right now, universities don&#x27;t compete for funds on the basis of the quality of education. They compete on a political basis to collect as much money from the government as they possibly can.<p>We didn&#x27;t have a problem paying for college in the US until everyone decided that the government should help pay for it. Throwing more money at the problem won&#x27;t fix it; in fact, it&#x27;s been a huge part of the problem!