2y ago

New rule will cut federal money to college programs that leave grads with high debt, low pay

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Just make state universities and community college funded by corporate tax dollars. If you want to demand a degree for a job, you need to fund those educational programs that can pump out those workers.
- Just make state universities and community college funded by corporate tax dollars.
  Or how about rerouting some of the obscene amounts of $ from university athletic departments?
  (I'm obviously barking at the moon.)
  
  Back when I was in undergrad, I was so pissed that I was spending hundreds of dollars per semester on athletics fees and the school gym was open a couple of hours a day. We all know where those athletics fees were going, and it wasn't for the benefit of the average student.
  
  If half the admins were fired, universities would still have over 1/3 of staff having nothing to do with teaching.
  
  ¿why not both?
- Or if you want a degree purely for educational enrichment you pay for it directly like any other hobby.
  
  Or, we could acknowledge that a populace educated in enriching educational topics is a huge net benefit to society, and we don't do that.
  Let people pay for business school, or other bullshit that only benefits private interests.
  
  Which degrees would fall under this category?
My favorite is every year when my alumni college reaches out to ask for more money than I already gave them.
- Tipping culture in the US has really gotten out of hand.
- What’s even funnier is when you work for your Alma Mater. So you want me to pay you money that I earned from you back to you ?!?
Why are we giving money to colleges at all when they maximize profit off of tuition?
- Tuition is in part a factor of access to student loans. You think tuition would be that high if loans wouldn’t cover it?
Here’s an idea:private universities whose endowment has grown year over year are stripped of nonprofit status. Public universities are completely funded by the federal government and education is provided tuition free. Community colleges expand to offer trade school education as well, also free. Students must complete a course of study in the allotted time and work for 2 years before returning for additional education, including graduate degrees.

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