College Students at Forefront of Labor Organizing

[KEmperor]

Campuses that are hotbeds of union activity are largely ones at which the tuition fees are high, indicating that the students place a low priority on price to begin with.  When you consider that a student at Howard is spending twice as much on tuition as an in-state student at the University of Virginia is (two of the schools mentioned in the WP article), it is easy to see why the two schools student bodies have such divergent responses.  Its easy to be in favor of raising other people’s wages above market rates when you feel that it won’t affect you.

Very true.  Many of the opinions of college students are based on insulation on reality, on the fact that the implementation of those views won't affect them.  It will affect them later, but they don't know it yet.

It's easy to be generous with your money when mommy and daddy are paying for everything.

Exactly.