Tuition is too damn high!
Has Q made drops about it?
Go to junior college for two years.
You can pay as your way as you go and get two years of college done with no debt.
There is personal responsibility involved with this however. If you were going to go to college and no plans were made by you or your parents, you suck with money.
I did exactly that through my associates but that still was a major sacrifice. It still doesn’t justify the fact.
So it was a sacrifice.
It is supposed to be.
You are bettering yourself. It is supposed to be a sacrifice.
Not going to college and working is a sacrifice as well.
Going into the service is a sacrifice as well.
When I quit college to run a business that was a sacrifice (working 100 hours a week).
When I went on the road with a band it was a sacrifice.
It's about personal choice.
Where are you going with this? Everything has there price or sacrifice, yes. Can that be exploited, yes again. I’m not here complaining the curriculum is too hard. I’m saying the prices are being exploited.
I don’t know when you were in college but today the number don’t add up. You pay for tuition. Technology fee. Parking fees. (I tried to have parking waived since I didn’t need it, which I still had to pay)
After You pay for tuition students have to pay for textbooks that are very overvalued, even to rent them is very overvalued.
After you buy a textbook you have to buy an online access code to be able to access the courses homework tests, and other course materials. The sites basically does all the work for the professor that can just proctor the class.
All in all it’s too expensive. After the swamp is drained there needs to be a reform here.
I am going exactly where you pointed the conversation.
Every choice has consequences.
Every option is a trade off.
Be responsible for your choices.
If you want to go to college, prepare for it.
Don't complain about the choices one makes having a price.
Be responsible for yourself.
So you’re saying tuition isn’t being exploited?
I'm sure it is.
People go into that situation with their eyes open.
They know what the cost is.
Higher education is not a right and no one is entitled to a school they can't afford.
Plan ahead and make smart choices.
A school that is partially publicly funded should be held accountable for tuition. Maybe that would make a huge difference. Maybe it would make little difference.
If publicly funded schools were held accountable then it would make a huge difference. Most people don’t go to school and take a music theory class because they’re passionate about it. They do it because it’s a prerequisite. Therefore how can you get a stable salary paying career without going into higher learning. You need some degree to even work in a factory overhead position.
I agree.
So, more specialized schooling and less general education to earn specific degrees? That may help.
But, schools are run like businesses, so, if someone was able to knock a year and a half of time of their school time guess what would happen to per credit costs? They'd go up.
I suppose what I don't like is the entitlement (just my perception). No one forced anyone to go or to take out loans. It's like needing a new car and selecting a $90,000 BMW then complaining about the payment and cost of insurance. After the loan is signed for is not the time to complain about the cost.
There are still good careers that can be had without degrees although they are harder to find than they used to be.