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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Once again, folks on DCUM look at issues from purely a DCUM perspective - that every kid is destined to end up at a 4 year college, etc.

Look at your CC student demographic.  High concentration of vocational students.  High concentration of students who are only seeking an associates degree related to a professional certification.  High concentration of working students, including working parents.  Sure, people will use this to eventually get to the 4 year school on the cheap - but a lot of folks do that now.   CC's are still relatively cheap.  For a kid taking a full load, you are talking about $3K a year.   But IMO, if the student leaves with some emplyable skill that makes them self sufficient (as opposed to needing welfare), it is a worthy investment. [/quote]

But instead of having the federal or state government (ie. ME) pay for it, why not have the prospective employer pay to train their future employees? I can't remember now the specifics, but I heard on NPR there were big companies creating their own training or coursework to train future employees for their specialized needs, and they add in the basic as well like communications, english, math, etc., so the person can get their associates degree. This is a fine idea. Gov't funding for college education is NOT.[/quote]

That would be great. But most employers don't even want to pay a decent wage or give health insurance and are always looking for ways to cut the bottom line at the expense of their employees.  It would be nice though. [/quote]

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