Tell me you're out of touch.... |
Then don't apply to those schools! Take yourself or your DCs to Grove City College or Hillsdale or Liberty and just be done with it. |
Have you been on the internet before? These are fair questions to ask and they’re on topic. If you don’t have an actual answer, scroll and roll on by. Otherwise I’m still curious what Elizabeth Warren will do when I call or email her office and sayYAY YOURE DOING A GREAT JOB”. Or if there are other ways to compel my elected officials to act on behalf on their population. Policing what other people ask, and calling people trolls, seems like a good way to deflect when you don’t have an actual answer to the question… and is also a MAGA hallmark. Gaslight and obstruct baby! |
I'm enjoying reading this thread because there's a bunch of great comments and observations about the broken nature of higher education, even of the equal numbers of tone deaf screeches that offer nothing but "MAGA!"
I'd think most of us agree we have a problem with a higher education model that is too expensive for that it delivers. Yes, education has been a ticket for social mobility, but not for everyone. And too many people took out too large loans for degrees that didn't deliver. We're not talking about borrowing six figures for medical school or an elite law school where future success is nearly automatically guaranteed. We're talking about six figure loans for "my masters" from NYU down to the University of Phoenix to end up in low paying jobs. Why was that allowed? The relationship between easy access to loans and soaring tuition costs cannot be denied. We just went through a period where the Biden WH was (unconstititonally) forgiving billions and billions in loans but without asking why those loans existed in the first place nor making any demands for reforming the cost model of higher education. It was an unsustainable model that couldn't go on much longer. Look, let me illustrate something. I graduated from an expensive private college in 2002. The tuition + room and board that year was $32k. That same year my father celebrated the last college tuition by going out to buy his dream car, a BMW. He paid $32k for the BMW. Today that same BMW sells for maybe 50k. The college? over 97k. Wow. This is not sustainable. And this model was propped up by a glut of loans available everywhere and the cultural pressure to get more and more degrees to advance. At least, for the first time in my life, someone is actually saying, stop! I don't know what the outcome will be but at least it's starting to do something about this totally broken and unsustainable approach to higher education in this country. |
^except student loans have not been proven at all to have anything to do with the increased prices of tuition. The only one arguing that is Cato and other crazy limited government conspiracy conservative organizations
This one is from the Midwest higher education org but several Federal reserve Bank studies have found the same Rising college cost is driven substantially by three economy-wide forces: (1) Lagging productivity growth is endemic to personal service industries, so service prices rise faster than goods prices. This is called “cost disease;” (2) The higher education workforce is highly educated and the cost of hiring highly educated workers has risen sharply since 1981; and (3) A college’s mission and market require it to meet a rising standard of educational care. More than any potential dysfunction on campus, these three factors have led to rising real costs. u Administrative “bloat” and amenity competitions grab headlines but do not account for much of the rising cost. Rising numbers of professional staff and improved amenities are not inherently inefficient. |
"The notion that more generous federal grants
and loans cause upward pressure on list-price tuition has only been demonstrated conclusively at for-profit colleges. Public universities tend to pass most or all of any increase in federal aid back to students as a lower net price" |
As clumsy and ridiculous as I find these actions today (and I doubt very much the intent behind them is to help anyone at all in controlling college costs) I can’t say you’ve written anything that’s not true. College costs are ridiculous. |
Now that Trump University is bankrupt and gone, he has no more use for student loans and grants. The biggest thief ever to occupy the white house. |
So this could end up causing public institutions to raise tuition. |
So many here have thrown you a lifeline yet you continue to embarrass yourself. First, Elizabeth Warren is not gonna do sh*t because she is not gonna answer the phone. From your framing here, you are definitely not worth her personal time. Second, the intern or staffer will take notes on your comments and, depending on the office, will ask for your contact details. Third, if they have ramped up in the office, they may share a few details on what they are doing. Finally, the CoS or someone else senior in the office will be asking over the course of the day the status of constituent contact. Please try not to be the constituent screaming, "me, me, me," but provides the office with specific details about what they compliment/seek. |
So the best solution is to throw a bunch of current students, plus students in the midst of college season into confusion, chaos, and more anxiety? Not to mention a bunch of other industries. Because that makes you seem like a reasonable leader with a reasonable team capable of coming up with great new solutions?? Further, the discussion about rising college cost and other paths has already been started which is why there is so much more talk about CTE programs and Apprenticeships. |
Because the college is what destroyed the area? |
Where did I say I thought Warren was picking up the phone? Puhleeez, you’re trying to make me look stupid when you’re the one showing your true colors. What does her chief of staff do with all of the emails and phone calls the staffers take in? Do they get rolled up into a dashboard? Will calling help at all? You’re taking this incredibly personally for no apparent reason. Why can’t you explain what the tangible, positive impact a “hype/thank you” call or email will do instead of trying to incorrectly paint me as stupid? You also seem incredibly aggrieved that I dare ask a question on how best I can HELP. Get off your high horse and give people tangible things to do instead of tsk tsk’ing that people don’t know your world as well as you think they should. |
Convicted felon |
lol you all are doing nothing to address any issues but prosecuting people you don’t like. |