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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Awful. The Obama Admin tried to do something about Parent Plus but were blocked by HBCU grifters. Glad to see no HBCUs on these lists though.

https://cbc.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=448[/quote]

So maybe it’s not the HBCU schools that are the “grifters”.

Americans routinely take on enormous debt for medical care and education— things that[b] many countries provide at minimal or no cost [/b]— recognizing the importance of having educated, healthy citizens. [/quote]

[b]That's because most other countries don't have a "college for all" mentality. Student aptitude is tracked early on and funneled towards trade or university accordingly (e.g. Germany) or admission is based on a single exam (e.g. East Asia).
The American college setup contains a social engineering agenda that most other countries do not flirt with.[/quot[/b]e]

_+1.  Exactly.  Why isn't anyone saying these parents should say no to taking on this debt? What about free agency? If I buy a cadillac that turns out to be a lemona and I can't afford it, that's my fault.  Why do we here say "oh bad schools offering a way to pay for American education".  Parents can just say "we can't afford it" as my parents did often.[/quote]

+2 Parents have the responsibility to make financial decisions within their means. College costs are out of control, so our kids need a combination of merit and athletic scholarships. We know that we can't afford the full pay cost of attendance that the colleges claim we can pay. [/quote]

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