system
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human
ELI5:Why are universities treating education like it is corporate business?

Why don't they lower tution/ costs so that more students can attend to make up for the loss of profit? The cost of higher education contributes so much to the debt of this country that it sounds counter-intuitive to cause such financial strain on future customers. Is the demand for higher education really that high that people are willing to sacrifice their well being to attain it? I have so many questions and I'm not sure if this is the right or wrong place to ask it. 

I know there are many factors such as: more professors, larger facilities, more housing, etc but with more students flowing in wouldn't this be possible? What other factors influence the way higher education is structured?
gpt
You named them.  More faculty, more housing, more classrooms.  Universities are very expensive to run.  Qualified professors aren't exactly a dime a dozen, and most universities I've seen are running low on space to expand, since they were either built in a major city or a city has grown around them.