Yeah at my alma mater the “dining dollars” only covered pretty overpriced crap.
My degree program -> required to be full time and live on campus in specific dorm buildings-> the specific dorm buildings required you to purchase one of the two highest meal plans.
So just to complete specific programs you had to spend $1,000+ a semester on a meal plan for pretty terrible food that you would never see the value of, even if you didn’t want it.
And on top of that, you’re likely paying far more for all of it in the long term via student loan interest.
That made it all the more infuriating to me when my limited set amount of “dining dollars” in the plan (usually $100) only covered stuff like a $4 bag of fruit snacks or a $3 snack-sized bag of potato chips. This was back in 2015 too.
For profit higher education is greaaat.
Doublespeak