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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a different take on it. I went to college in the 80's . It was expected of me as it was of all of my classmates . We were middle class.  98% of my HS classmates went right along with me to 4 year Universities . 20% of my grad class went on to Ivy League schools. Whether  your parents paid or you worked it cost about 8K a year for a state university and about 15K a year for an Ivy League school. Yes, people really did " work their way through college by themselves" .

But somewhere along the line, college became big business. As in, the sky rocketing tuition began to reflect the investment / debt balnce sheet of the colleges as they borrowed and speculated in the financial markets.

With universities spending more and borrowing more, you'd think that every one attending would be taught by "leaders in their field" Wrong again, just as ruition started to sky rocket, Universities started only hiring " Assoc Profs" and paying them less, and no benefits.

FF 20 years, the average american middle class family is looking at 40K a year to 50 K a year for university only to have their child taught by Assoc Profs and TA"s who are often just part time employees ( A choice the Univ makes to avoid paying them benefits , like health  insurance and paid vacation)

WHERE IS THE TUITION $$$ that the University is getting going ??

Its being used to pay debt, to build endowment , to what ???

Enter Obama with " the solution" :

Don't worry Middle Class America: your kids can all go to Community College for "free" .

In other words, for the middle class, the standard of hope for a better future has been lowered to community college ( formerly the bastion of girls who got PG and boys who did jail time and got a GED)

And the 1% ust keep getting richer and teh gap wider.

Here's the question: how much money do you need ? When are you rich enough ?

What is operating to make college cost 50K a year? Its insane. And don't tell me that more people are going , they aren't and there are less young people as well ( pop of youth is less than boomer generation)

Something doesn't mesh here.

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Geez ... you started out sounding like such smart rational person, then decided to make U-Turn and 100 words later finished sounding like the biggest dope in the world. Maybe it's because I only have a fair education, but I'm wondering, how do you do that?[/quote]

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