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  • JC29856JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    If anyone really wants to know the how and why of why college costs what it does, go to the college or university of your choice and surf their website looking for the President's Report. They usually are required to make them available, particularly if it's a state school. They exhibit their revenue sources and expenditures and if you drill down, you can get down to source detail. What won't be obvious is that the republicans in congress, gradually over time, shifted the funding burden from the Feds, think block grants to public colleges and institutions, to individuals via mostly private student loans. There's a reason why big banks oppose the Feds administering student loans. Why pay 3% interest to the Feds when you can pay 8% or 10% to Bank of America? Federal student loan programs have been routinely found to have big bangs for the bucks as far as desired outcomes go. But they also fund that scrounge of "liberal" education where kids get brainwashed to vote Hillary or Obama. I would never in a million years send a kid to a for profit school.
    good points...always making it a dem gop issue. aren't you saying it's a $ issue?
    what's the presidents of U salary? board of directors? tenured professors? employee soft costs?
    you were generous to WF with 8%to10% especially considering that there borrow from the Fed at .005 then in turn loan it at 8to10.
    cars housing education, outrageous! why? bankrupt, why catastrophic injury. to quote easy e..."easy access baby". don't cage the cub. 
    banksters loan the money bec they know it will end up in there hands, interest or their brethrens salary.
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  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    JC29856 said:
    no, you currently and have been paying 15 cents on every dollar you earn to kill innocent civilians in the middle east. a wall is your breaking point?
    We're on the same team with this one 
  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    edited July 2017

    Tiki said:
    I'm sure I will see it later, I have no idea what he did or said, but I am NOT surprised by him being inappropriate at any given moment.

    I was hopeful that trip would somehow end with Trumpito handing out some French-based insult,  having Macron slap him with a pair of white gloves (Donnie's pompadour getting all flipped over) and finally have Macron challenge his fat ass to a duel with some old pistols.
    Hahhaa. .thanks for the awesome visual.
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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 40,711
    JC29856 said:
    good points...always making it a dem gop issue. aren't you saying it's a $ issue?
    what's the presidents of U salary? board of directors? tenured professors? employee soft costs?
    you were generous to WF with 8%to10% especially considering that there borrow from the Fed at .005 then in turn loan it at 8to10.
    cars housing education, outrageous! why? bankrupt, why catastrophic injury. to quote easy e..."easy access baby". don't cage the cub. 
    banksters loan the money bec they know it will end up in there hands, interest or their brethrens salary.
    I do not approve this message. lakefront.
    Republican budgets have repeatedly cut funding to all forms of education. Except for increasing the tax breaks for "for profits," charters and home schooling. I didn't make it an issue, republicans did. Part of their grand scheme to dumb down the populace. Can't have critical thinking now can we, Boris?
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  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 30,464
    If anyone really wants to know the how and why of why college costs what it does, go to the college or university of your choice and surf their website looking for the President's Report. They usually are required to make them available, particularly if it's a state school. They exhibit their revenue sources and expenditures and if you drill down, you can get down to source detail. What won't be obvious is that the republicans in congress, gradually over time, shifted the funding burden from the Feds, think block grants to public colleges and institutions, to individuals via mostly private student loans. There's a reason why big banks oppose the Feds administering student loans. Why pay 3% interest to the Feds when you can pay 8% or 10% to Bank of America? Federal student loan programs have been routinely found to have big bangs for the bucks as far as desired outcomes go. But they also fund that scrounge of "liberal" education where kids get brainwashed to vote Hillary or Obama. I would never in a million years send a kid to a for profit school.
    Yes, the Banks would rather have access to this market vs the Feds.  But I'm not sure how that explains the rise in costs, unless I'm inappropriately conflating your points.  Remember that federal loans need to be qualified to receive, the income threshold is not particularly high.  You can defer the payments on private loans through companies like SLM and Discover, but interest is still accruing in the background. You would be a fool to take private if you qualified for federally subsidized, but not everyone does.  
    Couldn't agree more with the for profit college.  They are incentivized to keep people in school, paying, so regardless of grades, attendance, etc, they'll push you through.  I would never recommend it for a student that had options.  
  • Go BeaversGo Beavers Posts: 9,384
    Quote from lil' trump about the wall from yesterday. Maybe he could do a flyover on the border and see how the "violent and vicious" Rio Grande is basically down to a trickle.

    "But we are seriously looking at a solar wall.  And remember this, it's a 2,000 mile border, but you don't need 2,000 miles of wall because you have a lot of natural barriers.  You have mountains.  You have some rivers that are violent and vicious.  You have some areas that are so far away that you don't really have people crossing.  So you don't need that.  But you'll need anywhere from 700 to 900 miles."
     
  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 30,464
    Which brings up a good point. I'm looking for someone who can look at a problem differently and access a range of thinking and communication styles.

    Depending on the position, liberal arts majors don't do too bad. They start out a little behind, but eventually catch up to other college majors. Interesting article here:
    https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/fortune/2015/11/13/liberal-arts-degrees-critics/?source=dam

    I agree.. I think Art History is a little bit of a stretch, but someone with a liberal arts major can usually construct a complete sentence, which is more than can be said about some degrees.  At the end of the day, people that are motivated, positive, able to think in an integrated way and are persuasive can succeed at most "business management" jobs.  Some jobs are specialized of course and that's where I get into my statement about funding "in need" jobs.  They aren't marketing and business admin jobs.  They are applied math, engineering fields, etc.  An Art History major would have a tough time being successful in such a field.  
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,269
    edited July 2017
    mrussel1 said:
    I"m sorry you think that.  I'm not arguing there shouldn't be these degrees nor am I arguing that there should not be federally subsidized loans for these degrees.  I'm saying that if the Bernie people want free tuition, that it should be something where there is a societal demand.  If we run out of Art History majors and we need them, great.. then we re-calibrate that and include it in the "free" programs.  Until then, we should focus on nursing, STEM, etc.  I'm not sure if you know about the number of unfilled jobs in this country because we don't ahve the skills, but it's a huge issue.  https://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm
    Yikes. That is a pretty scary proposition IMO. It's basically punishing artistic people financially. I'm thinking that lack of skilled workers stems from something other than too many people choosing to do arts degrees. But FYI, a lot of those in high demand jobs started with arts degrees. The better solution is to just grow the education programs that focus on those skilled professions that have a demand for labour. Market them better, make them more accessible, and encourage all the various choices starting at a younger age, and encourage more women to get into the maths and sciences and trades. You don't find the solution by making artistic people pay and making it free for those who don't choose the arts. All that would do is cause those who should be in the arts choose something else purely because they couldn't afford what they wanted to do. That's awful.
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  • Go BeaversGo Beavers Posts: 9,384
    edited July 2017
    And Sander's plan of taxpayer funded tuition would have helped the current problem of jobs left open due to lack of specific skills. It could also have been applied to a specific trade school so people with almost zip income could eventually fill those open jobs rather than sit idle in an low wage, unskilled position.  
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,650
    PJ_Soul said:
    I think this attitude threatens society. I think it is very harmful to make things like art and history and literature unnecessary in society. This attitude pisses me off to no end. Also, it completely dismisses the fact that there are TONS of worthy professions that come out of such areas of study. Attitudes like this basically equate to calling for the death of art, philosophy, history, literature, and critical thinking. I can think of few things more dangerous to a civilization than to focus education only on areas where job demand is high. It is an insanely narrow-minded attitude that is ignorant to what the arts actually do for humankind. And then there is the part about crushing young souls in the name of capitalism.
    why do you have to have a college degree to appreciate and study things?


    It makes sense and we do need some....but c'mon we don't need as many as graduate. So when you can't find a job to pay back our loans who is that on?

    Also - high school is free and look how that's going....not great. I am for a targeted program of tuition assistance for trades and professions that society needs at the time. It can change year by year (or every 4 years or so).  
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  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 30,464

    Yikes. That is a pretty scary proposition IMO. It's basically punishing artistic people financially. I'm thinking that lack of skilled workers stems from something other than too many people choosing to do arts degrees. But FYI, a lot of those in high demand jobs started with arts degrees. The better solution is to just grow the education programs that focus on those skilled professions that have a demand for labour. Market them better, make them more accessible, and encourage all the various choices starting at a younger age, and encourage more women to get into the maths and sciences and trades. You don't find the solution by making artistic people pay and making it free for those who don't choose the arts. All that would do is cause those who should be in the arts choose something else purely because they couldn't afford what they wanted to do. That's awful.
    We already award and punish people based on societal need.  We pay doctors more than accountants.  We pay business analysts more than paralegals.  This is no different. Skill + scarcity = $ for the individual.  I'm completely for focusing on women into the STEM roles, changing our early education to something more practical for today, but when it comes to college, we don't have limitless resources.  We're in massive debt here in the US, driven by defense and entitlements.  And this would be a new entitlement. I'm not particularly for free college tuition period, even though I will have three in college over the next 9 years, but if my tax dollars are going to be used, I'd rather it be for something that directly fills a need.  I don't think that's scary, I think it's practical.  
  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 30,464
    And Sander's plan of taxpayer funded tuition would have helped the current problem of jobs left open due to lack of specific skills. It could also have been applied to a specific trade school so people with almost zip income could eventually fill those open jobs rather than sit idle in an low wage, unskilled position.  
    His plan was not targeted to where the needs are.  It was wide open.  That's why I was against it.  
  • JC29856JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    mrussel1 said:
    There are a lot of questions related to the cost curves of tuition, some are obvious, some I haven't figured out.  It's certainly true that colleges have invested a ton into amenities over the past 20 years to try to lure students in.. This includes student athletes as well.  Universities used to be fairly no frill but they are very different today.  I'm sure this doesn't explain all of it (plus normal inflation), but there has been an amenity war going on for several years now.  
    My oldest is going off to William and Mary this fall.  That's 22k a year which is very reasonable these days.  I have to admit I was shocked that there is no AC in the dorms... in friggin Virginia.  
    Do you know what the President salary is at WnM? Board? Admin? I'm all for a living wage but why does a president of WnM make $526k a year plus 85k in deferred comp? He was noble by turning down 6 years of pay increases.
  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 30,464
    JC29856 said:
    Do you know what the President salary is at WnM? Board? Admin? I'm all for a living wage but why does a president of WnM make $526k a year plus 85k in deferred comp? He was noble by turning down 6 years of pay increases.
    I'm pretty sure it's not all tied up in salaries.  Certainly universities have started to have salary structures that rival CEO/Exec pay scales vs the employees, but I'm not sure this is the reason.  A half million a year for a top ten public doesn't stick in my craw, to be honest.  There's more to it than this I'm sure.  
  • JC29856JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    my2hands said:
    We're on the same team with this one 
    Probably on most ones.
    I'm left of most on here but they are blue blinded to notice. 
  • JC29856JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    mrussel1 said:
    I'm pretty sure it's not all tied up in salaries.  Certainly universities have started to have salary structures that rival CEO/Exec pay scales vs the employees, but I'm not sure this is the reason.  A half million a year for a top ten public doesn't stick in my craw, to be honest.  There's more to it than this I'm sure.  
    absolutely but can anyone justify a million or half a million in president salary for pre adult education? how does one become a U president anyway?
  • JC29856JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    edited July 2017
    I make an unjustifiable amount of money for what I do (as evidenced by my perioodic and obsessive time on these forums) but it's not on the backs of pre adults seeking an education to make our worlda better place or their struggling parents!

    edit...I'll add not directly on the backs...
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  • PJfanwillneverleave1PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    edited July 2017
    When does the handshake controversy w/ the latest visit start on the MSM?
  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    JC29856 said:
    I make an unjustifiable amount of money for what I do
    Most people in western society do... and it seems to never be enough... 

    The world needs a few less business & finance majors in my opinion... it's a shame we set expectations on young people to pursue an education/career/life based on earning potential... thank god some are willing to sacrifice and pursue something a little more interesting than someone else's bottom line
  • SmellymanSmellyman Asia Posts: 4,528
    my2hands said:
    Most people in western society do... and it seems to never be enough... 

    The world needs a few less business & finance majors in my opinion... it's a shame we set expectations on young people to pursue an education/career/life based on earning potential... thank god some are willing to sacrifice and pursue something a little more interesting than someone else's bottom line
    I lived in Hong Kong for 10 years and the world sure could use a few less 'bankers'.  Judas Priest talk about making loads of money and offering just about 0 to society.  They sure think they are the shit though.
  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 30,464
    Smellyman said:
    I lived in Hong Kong for 10 years and the world sure could use a few less 'bankers'.  Judas Priest talk about making loads of money and offering just about 0 to society.  They sure think they are the shit though.
    You must bye fortunate enough to pay cash for everything.  Not everyone can. 
  • SmellymanSmellyman Asia Posts: 4,528
    mrussel1 said:
    You must bye fortunate enough to pay cash for everything.  Not everyone can. 
    because that is all banks do
  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 30,464
    Smellyman said:
    because that is all banks do
    Lending is a pretty big thing they do.
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,212
    edited July 2017



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  • SmellymanSmellyman Asia Posts: 4,528
    Gotta go trade currency exchanges on ATM transactions.  bbl
  • stuckinlinestuckinline Posts: 3,385
    edited July 2017
    UGH!

    "You're in such good shape. She's in such good physical shape. Beautiful," Trump told the French President's wife, who was standing next to first lady Melania Trump.

    http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/13/politics/trump-brigitte-macron-handshake/index.html
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  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 49,569
    g under p said:



    He is so transparently dumb.
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  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,149
    edited July 2017
    There was one more person at the meeting with Don JR. Not mentioned by his/them. According to NBC.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 49,569
    There was one more person at the meeting with Don JR. Not mentioned by his/them. According to NBC.
    Gee, it's a little shocking how everyone member of Trump's inner circle keeps lying about everything. It's almost as if they have something to hide....
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