  Higher education  The college-cost calamity  Many American
universities are in financial trouble  See article  Readers'
comments    Very good article. Four year universities have out
lived their usefulness. Online universities are much more
capable f handling the task of education. They provide the most
up to date learning experiences for this world. Senator Harkins
bad mouthed the for profit institutions in an article that he
published mush to the favor of brick and mortar non for profit
institution. The $100,000 plus dollar tuition payment is
outrageous.  simon says  In 2009 at an honors student dinner at
Clarkson University (a private tech school in NY) which my son
was attending, I happened to be seated at the same table as the
university provost. I asked him how much longer colleges could
continue to increase tuition and fees faster than inflation
before it would simply be better of kids to just learn a trade
and use the money their parents and/or they would shell out to
capitalize their own self-emplo