I find myself having binary reactions to virtually all of Thiel's positions: I either strongly agree or strongly disagree. I guess that's what his methodological contrarianism generates.<p>I agree with this one. Not only are college costs out of control, but the fact that colleges have seen tuition increase much faster than inflation <i>while simultaneously decreasing the number of real tenure track positions and other academic positions</i> should be a national scandal. It's borderline fraud.<p>What the hell is all that money going toward? As near as I can tell it's unnecessary vanity buildings, executive salaries, and runaway bloat in administrative offices. It's going toward everything but real tenure track professorships, better teacher/student ratios, and everything else a university should be doing.