Because they payed for an education, not a job, ie they payed to improve their knowledge and skills.
What would you charge for golf lessons if you had to guarantee that the student would graduate into a job using their new skills and knowledge?
As a customer, I think it would be cheaper for me to pay by the hour.
So, having said that, would you pay to go to a university if, on the front end, your fairy godmother said: "you will aquire knowledge and skills but you will absolutely not be allowed to use them to get a job. But you will have the satisfaction of being more knowledgeable and skillful."
Ah, that good ole Scottish pragmatism that has made us the most successful emigrants in modern history.
Honestly Virtu, if the knowledge and skills were important to me, then yes I would.
I'm Scottish by ancestory, but American by birth......the best of all possible circumstances.
Wulsy, riddle me this: if a person goes to a university and graduates, but then can't get hired for a job, for whatever reason, should he be refunded his money from the university?