re: #198 Belafon

The room and board at the University of Oklahoma, where my son is going, is more than tuition. He would have to put in about 45 hours per week to cover the total cost.

And let me guess that the university requires first-year students to purchase at least board from the university if not room and board.

Saw the University of Pittsburgh do this as their enrollment started to drop and as the room and board costs compared to the quality of service had more and more students living in questionable apartments and eating generic brand mac and cheese. They kept the lottery for room selection in the various dormitories, but soon started requiring incoming freshmen to purchase at least the minimal cafeteria meal plan. I don’t recall if they required freshmen to take up university housing as well but some universities have done that to make sure their housing is fully occupied.