Why do FUNSAR classes cost so much??”
Each student pays $70 to NASAR as a course fee unless he or she is a NASAR member. NASAR members pay only a little less. Around $40 goes to NASAR for the textbook. There’s sometimes a fee paid for the use of the classroom. My travel expenses become a factor in out-of-town classes. Copying, particularly of the color map used in the exam, is no small expense, either. One of the reasons that I no longer independently offer these classes is that I was unable to price a course that students would pay, and that provided instruction at what I thought was the appropriate level of quality. I couldn’t afford to underwrite classes.
