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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 06:49 PM Original message |
Corrupt Colleges, Student Debt (The Nation) |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. The economic impact of the studen loan scam |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 07:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It's being felt now. We are already starting to slip in terms of competitiveness with other nations. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 07:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. "Over there, the government subsidizes the education of the students" |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 07:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Actually in GA, all state school tuition is free if you keep a B average. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 08:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yup...This administration has screwed the American people in every conceivable way.... |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
5. Sounds like a lot of people are paying too much for their private college ed. (sometimes public too) |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 07:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Have you checked out the price for decent colleges lately? |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. ahhhhh reputable yes one must pay for reputation. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:44 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Sorry, pardon me for not being a bit more specific |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Thanks, MadHound |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. I think I understand your point -- I just happen to think students need to take some responsibility |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. The resume scanner software doesn't discriminate between reputable and disreputable. n/t |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. No, but it does differentiate between accredited and non-accredited |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. It matters at the margins. |
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sleipnir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:20 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. But with the sheer number of students these days, going to a major "name" school is necessary. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
10. When she graduates from medical school next year, my daughter will have a |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
11. Just another thing to add to the list "why I do not father or raise children" |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I hear ya....same here. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
12. I spend a lot of time advising young people to reconsider getting a |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:02 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. This is a bit OT |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. I talk to a lot of university profs who say the same thing.... |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. A lot of what kids learn in their first two years while |
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coffeenap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
18. A budget-concious suggestion: |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:40 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. sometimes they will accept a 2 year degree, instead of credit by |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Community College is a great deal in general especially for technical training |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
23. Its bullshit, really. Federal only gives me enough to take 12 hours a semester, |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. The point is to either dumb down the population or make us wage slaves. nt |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Yeah, most people will go only one of those two ways, sadly |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
29. $20 billion is about 1/10th of what we spend in Iraq per annum. |
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StudentsMustUniteNow (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
30. I've tried organizing students |
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