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Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: uncle same ()
Date: March 09, 2018 11:58PM

Can't afford classes with my Domino's Pizza job anymore.

Just say'in.

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: College is a business ()
Date: March 10, 2018 12:27AM

Degrees are no longer just a credential, they are a product. The better the institute, the better the “product” that is the degree. At least in the eyes of employers and society at large. As such, colleges and universities can charge an arm and a leg, and give you the finger when you run back complaining how your degree did not help you advance.

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: Registrar ()
Date: March 10, 2018 04:42AM

Colleges' tuition is set under the communist mantra of "from each, according to his ability, to each, according to his need".

Tuition for whites and asians is very high so that they can give a full scholarship to every Black kid who can recite the alphabet.

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: Who to thank... ()
Date: March 10, 2018 08:54AM

College tuition is high because moron TEA Party types pushed state legislatures to stop using tax money to fund state schools. The result has hardly been surprising. Ass-backward economic ideas never work.

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: recent grad ()
Date: March 10, 2018 09:00AM

LOL! College costs nothing, it pays and pays and pays year after year. My Dad sent me to a Virginia college for 4 years and it only cost him $85,000. My very first job started me at $87,000 a year. I am now making just under 100,000.

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: View from the top ()
Date: March 10, 2018 09:19AM

Yes, yes. If you think education is expensive, try being ignorant. Which, of course, a whole lot of posters on this forum are indeed doing.

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: SpoiledKids ()
Date: March 10, 2018 11:03AM

College costs are high because college kids (from Fairfax, in particular) require comfortable accommodations, state-of-the-art gym and facilities, well groomed landscapes, plenty of parking, gourmet food options, and service, service, service. A generation of kids brought up by helicopter mothers who now can't think for themselves and think "roughing it" is waking up at 10 am on Saturday.

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: Sad... ()
Date: March 10, 2018 01:00PM

So not in a hut in Afghanistan? Same as it ever was, asshole.

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: ckmbh ()
Date: March 10, 2018 08:14PM

recent grad Wrote:
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> LOL! College costs nothing, it pays and pays and
> pays year after year. My Dad sent me to a Virginia
> college for 4 years and it only cost him $85,000.
> My very first job started me at $87,000 a year. I
> am now making just under 100,000.

very funny. if you were $87k in Master Card debt, your local banker would sell you life insurance and kill your ass

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: bfu7v ()
Date: March 10, 2018 08:15PM

Who to thank... Wrote:
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> College tuition is high because moron TEA Party
> types pushed state legislatures to stop using tax
> money to fund state schools. The result has
> hardly been surprising. Ass-backward economic
> ideas never work.

I see. So why can't FCPS save money then?

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: LetsRock ()
Date: March 11, 2018 11:11AM

Who to thank... Wrote:
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> College tuition is high because moron TEA Party
> types pushed state legislatures to stop using tax
> money to fund state schools. The result has
> hardly been surprising. Ass-backward economic
> ideas never work.


Tuition is high because you have some overpaid full professors getting paid to show up maybe once a semester while they have a staff of assistants actually teaching their classes. If I am paying to be taught by Bill Gates, he better actually show up for my class every day. If not, I want a discount.

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: Student loans ()
Date: March 12, 2018 07:19AM

Student loan companies drive up the prices for college.
They want you to be mired in debt your whole life
These finance companies lobby against discharging student loans thru bk.
If you can’t get a scholarship, don’t use student loans.

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: Thanks for making my point ()
Date: March 12, 2018 07:38AM

bfu7v Wrote:
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> I see. So why can't FCPS save money then?

Questions like this prove how badly underfunded public education is in general.

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: Dean Witter ()
Date: March 12, 2018 07:44AM

LetsRock Wrote:
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> Tuition is high because you have some overpaid full
> professors getting paid to show up maybe once a
> semester while they have a staff of assistants actually
> teaching their classes. If I am paying to be taught
> by Bill Gates, he better actually show up for my class
> every day. If not, I want a discount.

Full professors have better things to do than teaching doltish freshmen like you who will never amount to anything anyway.

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: vvnny ()
Date: March 26, 2018 02:51PM

little red riding hood

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: Bill.N. ()
Date: March 26, 2018 09:12PM

Who says college should be inexpensive?

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: oh really????????????????????. ()
Date: March 26, 2018 09:31PM

Dean Witter Wrote:
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> Full professors have better things to do than
> teaching doltish freshmen like you who will never
> amount to anything anyway.


Do they? If they are so shit hot in their field why did they take a teaching job? They should be able to earn a living actually working in their field of interest and not have to be "troubled" with teaching.

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: DexterTry ()
Date: March 26, 2018 09:31PM

If I could do it all over again I would not waste a dime
on what has become mostly a bastion of Socialists Professors
trying to brainwash young minds and go directly to work.
You can educate yourself with the right books and attend
specific classes that can hone your skills at a local
college very inexpensively.

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: Morons abound ()
Date: March 26, 2018 09:47PM

oh really????????????????????. Wrote:
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> Do they? If they are so shit hot in their field
> why did they take a teaching job? They should be
> able to earn a living actually working in their
> field of interest and not have to be "troubled"
> with teaching.

Doh. You've never been to university, have you?

Classes are a necessary evil. Professors mostly choose academia so they can do research in their fields, not to make big bucks or to actually teach. That doesn't mean they all hate teaching, or do a poor job (though surely some do)--just that it isn't the point.

As for the question in the Subject: line -- where's the incentive to do so? The average suburban parents think the more expensive the school, the better the education must be.

The only part of that that's true is that higher-priced schools SOMETIMES mean better classmates, which makes for a better learning experience. Having said that, any university can give a decent education. Or a crappy one.

Disclaimer: I grew up in an academic family, although I dropped out after one term and am in the business world. So I have (one man's) perspective on both sides.

As a hiring manager, I'd never judge someone based on how highly rated their university was; if anything, I might downcheck someone from a high-end school, to be honest.

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: dy4yh ()
Date: March 30, 2018 11:58AM

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: Academic ()
Date: March 31, 2018 12:13AM

I can comment on public universities since I spent almost my entire adult life as a student or working at one. Public universities used to take on lots of undergrads, educate them with grad students, and flush two-thirds of them out without a degree.

Now public universities are very selective, have relatively small undergrad classes, taught by more faculty and not grad students. Also the number of administrators has grown by 500 to 800 percent over the past 30 years.

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Posted by: Inquisitive One ()
Date: March 31, 2018 03:39AM

SpoiledKids Wrote:
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> College costs are high because college kids (from
> Fairfax, in particular) require comfortable
> accommodations, state-of-the-art gym and
> facilities, well groomed landscapes, plenty of
> parking, gourmet food options, and service,
> service, service. A generation of kids brought up
> by helicopter mothers who now can't think for
> themselves and think "roughing it" is waking up at
> 10 am on Saturday.


You are getting very, very close to the truth!

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: 6phm3 ()
Date: March 31, 2018 10:22PM


You know, Colleges have "an open checkbook" from government, and more than 10,000 students

That means you could say, "George Mason University Government", and start ignoring fairfax county and stop paying them taxes.

Because that's EXACTLY what Fx Co Gov did to VA years ago.

Turn about is fair play.


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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: h4wpg ()
Date: March 31, 2018 10:22PM

"George Mason University Government"

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: Morons abound ()
Date: March 31, 2018 10:36PM

6phm3 Wrote:
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> You know, Colleges have "an open checkbook" from
> government, and more than 10,000 students
>
> That means you could say, "George Mason University
> Government", and start ignoring fairfax county and
> stop paying them taxes.
>
> Because that's EXACTLY what Fx Co Gov did to VA
> years ago.
>
> Turn about is fair play.

You have zero clue what you're on about. Take your meds.

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: bemx9 ()
Date: April 14, 2018 11:36AM

bemx9

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: bhmhy ()
Date: April 15, 2018 08:52PM

omg i can't beleive that got bumped again!

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: muhhp ()
Date: April 16, 2018 11:33AM

muhhp

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: JohnGalt ()
Date: April 16, 2018 06:27PM

Tuition will not cease climbing until all non whites share some of the cost of tuition. This does not apply only to University but private elementary schools as well. Parochial / religious schools raise rates so that non whites get free attendance

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Posted by: n7teu ()
Date: April 18, 2018 06:48PM

one of my favorite posts ever! (n.i. jokes)

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: 9u6g7 ()
Date: April 20, 2018 10:28AM

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Posted by: x4etm ()
Date: April 22, 2018 10:27AM

x4etm

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Posted by: jx6th ()
Date: April 23, 2018 10:25PM

see below

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Posted by: d3cem ()
Date: April 24, 2018 10:59AM

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Posted by: f7fhx ()
Date: April 25, 2018 02:03PM

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: xnec6 ()
Date: April 27, 2018 08:05PM

wow book prices are up! amazing they just keep getting thicker and more expensive right?

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: 345gdsf ()
Date: April 29, 2018 06:50PM

hillary-for-prison.jpg


Democrats: LOCK THEM UP!


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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: congressisstupid ()
Date: April 30, 2018 04:56AM

Congress has some of the stupidest people in all of America. One of them asked Zuckerberg how Facebook earns money. What a fucking stupid question only someone who has been dead for the past 20 years would ask

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Posted by: pfte3 ()
Date: April 30, 2018 02:14PM

pfte3

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: wcmge ()
Date: May 03, 2018 05:01PM


The lack of answers to the question here are AMAZING - OBNOXIOUS really, given these people have told others that spending years answering BOGUS QUESTIONS prepares them for wealth.


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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: y9en3 ()
Date: May 04, 2018 12:10PM

NORTHHAM IS INCREASING THEIR PAY, increasing spending. It's all un-contested by those with conflicted interests.

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: STEWMAC ()
Date: May 04, 2018 12:21PM

It costs a lot of money to keep 13 kettles of soup in every dining hall for both lunch and dinner.

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Posted by: STEWMAC is the best poster... ()
Date: May 04, 2018 12:47PM

...since Arthur Treacher, the Road guy, contractors...damn he is a comic genius. He should be part of a SNL skit. I'm sure his High School buddies agree. Comedy gold!

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: Eat shit, STEWIE ()
Date: May 04, 2018 01:24PM

STEWIE is an asshole.

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: 7wxpx ()
Date: May 08, 2018 04:38PM

7wxpx

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: trumpitality ()
Date: May 08, 2018 08:56PM

"Aren't they supposed to be SMART?"

Colleges are make-believe worlds that have nothing to do with real life, staffed by those not good enough to compete in real life.

They are parasites, full of their own self-assigned importance and relevance; living in their own fantasy world paid for by our taxes.

Here is what they think of the people who actually work every day to support them:
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Posted by: tpejp ()
Date: May 11, 2018 08:36AM

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: cyved ()
Date: May 11, 2018 08:37AM

nothing but rising cost and illegals / communists and democrats hired since bill clinton

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Posted by: uuyky ()
Date: May 11, 2018 08:39AM

STEWMAC Wrote:
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> It costs a lot of money to keep 13 kettles of soup
> in every dining hall for both lunch and dinner.

the premade sandwiches, which are all that's worth eating, are delivered from Maryland (like 7-11 sandwiches are)

i would not say the college kitchen "makes food"

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Posted by: LNLHN ()
Date: May 13, 2018 10:12AM

LNLHN

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: Lesterino ()
Date: May 13, 2018 11:14AM

Because people expect to get a pay increase for doing the same job for 30 or 40 years. In most fields, they would be replaced with younger, cheaper, and more current talent.

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Posted by: 5tyhgf ()
Date: May 13, 2018 05:39PM

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Posted by: ukjfhgfg ()
Date: May 14, 2018 02:34PM

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Posted by: fxwv3 ()
Date: May 25, 2018 01:15PM

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Posted by: 77eut ()
Date: May 26, 2018 12:43PM

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Posted by: 3gxfp ()
Date: May 27, 2018 01:30PM

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Posted by: nnxww ()
Date: May 30, 2018 09:07PM

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: jibjab ()
Date: May 30, 2018 09:35PM

what is the latest on this post? Have we concluded with a viable answer to solve this?

If not, please just recycle everyday until we get some concrete potential solutions.

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Posted by: All about Darwin ()
Date: May 31, 2018 09:01AM

trumpitality Wrote:
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> Colleges are make-believe worlds that have nothing
> to do with real life, staffed by those not good
> enough to compete in real life.

You work hard in high school in order to get into a good college. Some get into a good college. The rest go off to become junior-level private sector flunkies.

You work hard in college in order to get into a good grad school. Some get into a good grad school. The rest go off to become mid-level private sector flunkies.

You work hard in grad school in order to get into a good doctoral program. Some get into a good doctoral program. The rest go off to become senior-level private sector flunkies.

You work hard in a doctoral program in order to get a plum position in business, government, or academia. Some get a plum position in business, government, or academia. The rest go off to become managers of senior-level private sector flunkies.

At every level, the best and the brightest move on up the ladder while the losers get drained away into the private sector. This explains a lot about who's who in the world.

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Posted by: hcwf4 ()
Date: June 04, 2018 12:23PM

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Posted by: uluj4 ()
Date: June 05, 2018 12:34AM

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: Ernest ()
Date: June 05, 2018 05:33AM

Here is one reason why...

Report: University of Michigan Paying $8.4M Annually for Nearly 100 Diversity Staffers

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: 4ktpc ()
Date: June 05, 2018 12:55PM

They dont have to reduce costs - people keep buying at the escalated price with loans, i.e., someone elses money, that maybe gets paid back and maybe it doesnt

https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/repay-loans/forgiveness-cancellation

https://www.justice.gov/oarm/attorney-student-loan-repayment-program

https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/types/grants-scholarships/pell

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Posted by: pvknv ()
Date: June 15, 2018 03:17AM

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Posted by: 5y6h5hrte ()
Date: June 18, 2018 07:14PM

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Posted by: dmuge ()
Date: June 21, 2018 08:36PM

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Posted by: h74gy ()
Date: June 24, 2018 04:26PM

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Posted by: gkuv4 ()
Date: July 01, 2018 08:13AM

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Posted by: mj6jl ()
Date: July 05, 2018 07:02PM

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Posted by: dybxm ()
Date: July 08, 2018 11:37PM

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Posted by: dy6lb ()
Date: July 09, 2018 03:36PM

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Posted by: LetsRock ()
Date: July 09, 2018 04:42PM

Lesterino Wrote:
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> Because people expect to get a pay increase for
> doing the same job for 30 or 40 years. In most
> fields, they would be replaced with younger,
> cheaper, and more current talent.


If it is the SAME JOb, you don't need "current talent". A 30 year employee is someone who is getting the job done, and not a flake who quits after 6 months causing added expenses for training, etc.

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: fcps minority run ()
Date: July 15, 2018 02:39PM

the most expensive schoolhouse wins

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Posted by: fcps minority run correct ()
Date: July 15, 2018 02:40PM

the most expensive schoolhouse using federal money, never use your own money

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Posted by: kenjy ()
Date: July 16, 2018 01:54PM

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: The Provost ()
Date: July 17, 2018 07:49AM

We had to add Black students to increase diversity.
We had to add Diversity Staff to recruit Black Students.
We had to offer free tuition to attract Black Students.
We had to add Black Studies programs so Black Students could get a degree without dumbing down every other program.
We had to hire Black faculty to increase diversity and to teach the Victim Studies/Hate Whitey classes.
We had to hire people to tutor and hold the Blacks' hands through every course so their drop-out rate wouldn't hurt our Dept of Ed numbers.

Someone has to pay for all this!

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Posted by: american way ()
Date: July 17, 2018 09:02AM

go get you one of them fancy college loans that you can never pay back and you'll be on the path to getting your lib arts degree in 4-6 years

with that you can continue delivering pizzas but at least you'll have that degree

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Posted by: expained ()
Date: July 18, 2018 10:16AM

The Provost Wrote:
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> We had to add Black students to increase
> diversity.
> We had to add Diversity Staff to recruit Black
> Students.
> We had to offer free tuition to attract Black
> Students.
> We had to add Black Studies programs so Black
> Students could get a degree without dumbing down
> every other program.
> We had to hire Black faculty to increase diversity
> and to teach the Victim Studies/Hate Whitey
> classes.
> We had to hire people to tutor and hold the
> Blacks' hands through every course so their
> drop-out rate wouldn't hurt our Dept of Ed
> numbers.
>
> Someone has to pay for all this!

great explanation....but the other reason tuition is going up is that tenured professors have to make more money each year. and since a tenured professor cant be fired costs, go up each year...

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: Student loan deaths ()
Date: July 18, 2018 10:23AM

1. Colleges are big business.
2. Counselors are trained by consulting firms that use the same techniques as pharmaceutical reps.
3. “Counselors” receive a base PLUS a percentage of what they charge the student.
4. Both political parties BENEFIT from the student loan market.
Liberals can recruit in colleges, republicans get paid financing the loans AND the money they get tranching the loans as investment vehicles.
5. Exact same players as CDO housing crisis!

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: 7xcdl ()
Date: July 18, 2018 08:08PM

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Posted by: xuu4g ()
Date: July 21, 2018 05:02PM

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Posted by: dkthy ()
Date: July 27, 2018 05:06PM

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Posted by: gpxef ()
Date: August 18, 2018 01:46PM

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: d76cd ()
Date: August 23, 2018 01:37AM

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Posted by: hpejn ()
Date: August 30, 2018 06:36PM

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: Pointer outer of things ()
Date: August 31, 2018 01:03AM

Colleges are run by liberals. There's no such thing as a liberal who can live within his means. This is why they like taxes so much, so they can spend everyone else's money.

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Posted by: hddwk ()
Date: September 01, 2018 11:24AM

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Posted by: 9pyy3 ()
Date: September 08, 2018 12:49PM

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Posted by: 937xn ()
Date: September 17, 2018 08:32PM

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Posted by: pt4dj ()
Date: September 20, 2018 11:17AM

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: CollegeIsForDummies ()
Date: September 21, 2018 09:53AM

DexterTry Wrote:
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> If I could do it all over again I would not waste
> a dime
> on what has become mostly a bastion of Socialists
> Professors
> trying to brainwash young minds and go directly to
> work.
> You can educate yourself with the right books and
> attend
> specific classes that can hone your skills at a
> local
> college very inexpensively.


This.

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: XW6PJ ()
Date: September 22, 2018 01:20AM

College costs are ridiculous because we made the money available.

The goal of making sure every kid CAN attend college is a noble one, but here's a thought experiment:

You have three people in a boat. One has an apple, one has a dollar, and one has five dollars. What is the value of the apple?

It's the only food, so it'll sell for five dollars.

Now, lend everyone in the boat an additional $10.

What do you think just happened to the price of the apple?

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Posted by: Fucking moron ()
Date: September 22, 2018 10:08AM

XW6PJ Wrote:
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> College costs are ridiculous because we made the
> money available.
>
> The goal of making sure every kid CAN attend
> college is a noble one, but here's a thought
> experiment:
>
> You have three people in a boat. One has an
> apple, one has a dollar, and one has five dollars.
> What is the value of the apple?
>
> It's the only food, so it'll sell for five
> dollars.
>
> Now, lend everyone in the boat an additional $10.
>
>
> What do you think just happened to the price of
> the apple?


Hey Einstein, your "thought experiment" just described inflation. College costs are up 20% every 4 years even *after* inflation adjustments have been made. Dipshit.

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Posted by: Uncle Sam's EZ Credit ()
Date: September 22, 2018 11:37AM

Credit Supply and the Rise in College
Tuition: Evidence from the Expansion in
Federal Student Aid Programs

https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/staff_reports/sr733.pdf

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Posted by: ycbfg ()
Date: September 22, 2018 03:44PM

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: 4udnj ()
Date: September 24, 2018 05:14PM

Kavanaugh has said nothing about having to pay for law school out of his own families wealth, and that today illegals are borrowing more than a lawschool degree he bought and "paying it back" using DNC government jobs.

It worries me.

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Posted by: lh4m7 ()
Date: September 28, 2018 12:19PM

there isn't any argument against this article

and democrats know it

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: George Mason ()
Date: September 30, 2018 01:08AM

Concerned about college cost? If you can live local with your parents, go to George Mason as a commuter student. Tuition and fees are $12,462 annually. Virginia Tech is $13,620 annually, and then you have $8,408 room and board to contend with.

For a bachelors degree, roughly $12.5k * 4 isn't bad, so long as you have a local place to stay. It's worth it. Mason graduates command competitive salaries in a variety of their majors (https://president.gmu.edu/survey-mason-graduates-earn-highest-salaries-in-dozens-of-majors/), and the median starting salary is $54,700.

George Mason doesn't have the "prep" of UVA, but if you can tolerate living with your parents for four years, and they can tolerate you :), saving tens of thousands on room and board is pretty smart.

Don't go to colleges you can't afford. There's little reason to.

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Posted by: George Mason ()
Date: September 30, 2018 01:19AM

Small additional note: If you go to George Mason, be a serious student. There are wonderful resources there to get an outstanding education, but also plenty of students who go off the rails, and whose influence might take you with them.

Focus, study hard, and enjoy the benefits of your (cheap) education.

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Re: Why is it Colleges can't learn to reduce cost like anyone else has? Aren't they supposed to be SMART?
Posted by: Becoming free ()
Date: September 30, 2018 11:16AM

Several Colleges in the DC metro area will be FREE in 5-10 years.

In the meantime, find a job where your employer will commit to pay some or all of your tuition.

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