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Wed Dec-03-08 03:33 PM
Response to Reply #70 |
| 72. We had an actual poster who studied infant mortality... |
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and spoke how the #'s were misleading due to the US's classification of "live births" and pre-term births. You may want to look into that.
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| -College May Become Unaffordable for Most in U.S. |
XemaSab |
Dec-03-08 01:33 AM |
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Unreal. I couldn't have afforded college under these conditions |
sfexpat2000 |
Dec-03-08 01:35 AM |
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Me neither. I couldn't have gone to college with these crazy prices |
Julius Civitatus |
Dec-03-08 12:43 PM |
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Oh, GREAT idea! |
elleng |
Dec-03-08 01:37 AM |
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I don't know anyone my age who spent 4 years in college |
XemaSab |
Dec-03-08 01:41 AM |
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College was unaffordable to many of our HS grads prior to WW2 and The GI Bill |
Bobbieo |
Dec-03-08 01:51 AM |
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True and we did not become a super power until WW2 |
izzie |
Dec-03-08 03:13 AM |
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Some years after BA I went on to law school, |
elleng |
Dec-03-08 02:02 AM |
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Yep... 5 years of undergrad and 2 years or grad.... looking and PHD program now :/ |
Political Heretic |
Dec-03-08 02:15 PM |
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the US population is undereducated now |
Duppers |
Dec-03-08 01:59 AM |
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I don't say 'wilfully' ignorant, |
elleng |
Dec-03-08 02:05 AM |
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"May become unafforable for most". Already is. |
superconnected |
Dec-03-08 02:06 AM |
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May BECOME? |
48percenter |
Dec-03-08 02:45 AM |
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State and Fed governments need to rethink this tuition thing |
DeltaLitProf |
Dec-03-08 03:58 AM |
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Yep--here in Wisconsin our most recent pay raise after about three years was |
smoogatz |
Dec-03-08 09:07 AM |
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That sounds exactly like California |
XemaSab |
Dec-03-08 01:05 PM |
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Room and board really get you. What a rip-off, nearly $1k a month for a half a room... |
Just-plain-Kathy |
Dec-03-08 05:31 AM |
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Seriously |
riverdale |
Dec-04-08 09:46 AM |
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I think we need to create jobs first |
silverojo |
Dec-03-08 02:47 AM |
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Its kind of a circular thing, |
elleng |
Dec-03-08 02:52 AM |
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educated workforce generates GOOD jobs |
CreekDog |
Dec-03-08 04:08 AM |
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it's already unaffordable for many . . . |
OneBlueSky |
Dec-03-08 04:13 AM |
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reminds me of an Eisenhower quote: |
UpInArms |
Dec-03-08 04:35 AM |
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Great Quote |
TexasLawyer |
Dec-03-08 02:38 PM |
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This is bullshit. Lots of big colleges are sitting on HUGE piles of money |
acmavm |
Dec-03-08 04:50 AM |
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Yes and no. Unless they offshore their endowments |
48percenter |
Dec-03-08 05:18 AM |
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That's what Newsweek magazine reported twenty years ago |
TheBorealAvenger |
Dec-03-08 05:56 AM |
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Many of them sit on billions in endowments and only grant a few scholarships |
harun |
Dec-03-08 06:35 AM |
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Exactly. It's a racket. |
acmavm |
Dec-03-08 06:50 AM |
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The Ivies, however, are moving toward more financial aid |
KamaAina |
Dec-03-08 12:47 PM |
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My friend says Cornell hasn't move an inch, he hasn't been there in a couple |
harun |
Dec-03-08 02:45 PM |
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This is what's crazy about a lot of colleges. |
KillCapitalism |
Dec-03-08 09:47 AM |
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It's called 'making the window smaller' for those who follow. |
antimatter98 |
Dec-03-08 05:49 AM |
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This is why virtually every college |
pipoman |
Dec-03-08 05:52 AM |
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But we need a worker class... |
Baby Snooks |
Dec-03-08 06:07 AM |
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Good post. I agree they have been working on creating more |
harun |
Dec-03-08 07:52 AM |
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College Educations Could Be Delivered More Efficiently |
yellowwood |
Dec-03-08 06:12 AM |
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Why can't lectures be taped? |
progressive_realist |
Dec-03-08 08:15 AM |
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Just not the same |
MadHound |
Dec-03-08 12:35 PM |
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My educational experience is different, I guess. |
progressive_realist |
Dec-03-08 03:26 PM |
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This is so true. I don't understand why there aren't more options. |
OnionPatch |
Dec-03-08 08:44 AM |
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Ambivalent |
SimpleTrend |
Dec-03-08 06:15 AM |
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Education confers shifty morals? That's bullshit and you ought to know better. |
dbaker41 |
Dec-03-08 10:03 AM |
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I make no apologies for the hard lessons I have learned in life |
SimpleTrend |
Dec-03-08 12:15 PM |
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Morals are learned (or not learned, as the case may be) long before college |
dbaker41 |
Dec-03-08 12:29 PM |
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The semantic distinctions between "ethics" and "morals" bores me. |
SimpleTrend |
Dec-03-08 12:39 PM |
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I made no such "semantic distinction" |
dbaker41 |
Dec-03-08 01:03 PM |
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When someone says another's ideas are "bullshit" |
SimpleTrend |
Dec-03-08 01:40 PM |
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Thank goodness your arrogant ignorance doesn't make your anecdotal evidence meaningful in any way. |
Zhade |
Dec-03-08 06:21 PM |
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Correlation is not causation. |
Zhade |
Dec-03-08 06:19 PM |
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Got anymore whoppers to tell? |
SimpleTrend |
Dec-03-08 08:47 PM |
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Probably the most effective way |
Turbineguy |
Dec-03-08 06:17 AM |
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Lets get Waxman involved |
Maryland Liberal |
Dec-03-08 06:29 AM |
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That is wrong. And I really wish someone could answer this: |
JerseygirlCT |
Dec-03-08 07:05 AM |
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What does this say about America? |
Bragi |
Dec-03-08 07:48 AM |
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We intend to freeload |
progressive_realist |
Dec-03-08 08:25 AM |
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That we're zooming back to the 17th century |
MountainLaurel |
Dec-03-08 03:30 PM |
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Why? |
jfkraus |
Dec-03-08 08:08 AM |
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Are you sure about those numbers? |
n2doc |
Dec-03-08 09:05 AM |
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The ideal situation from a neoliberal perspective. The country can go to hell, but |
KCabotDullesMarxIII |
Dec-03-08 08:20 AM |
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Ah, just the way TPTB want it.... BTW, "Student Loan" is an oxymoron. |
Prag |
Dec-03-08 08:32 AM |
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Exactly. Send more people off to DeVry so they learn just what they need to do their job |
Toucano |
Dec-03-08 10:19 AM |
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It's all smut anyway. |
Prag |
Dec-03-08 10:40 AM |
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But America will still be the #1 third world nation on the planet! |
LynnTheDem |
Dec-03-08 09:03 AM |
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Let's not exagerrate.... |
WriteDown |
Dec-03-08 09:53 AM |
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We're below 3rd world status on many issues. And we're fast adding |
LynnTheDem |
Dec-03-08 10:38 AM |
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Please illuminate me.... |
WriteDown |
Dec-03-08 10:39 AM |
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Infant mortality |
MountainLaurel |
Dec-03-08 03:29 PM |
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We had an actual poster who studied infant mortality... |
WriteDown |
Dec-03-08 03:33 PM |
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Google US infant mortality rate, for starters. |
LynnTheDem |
Dec-03-08 07:42 PM |
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Premies are considered DOA in 3rd world and don't count in the stats |
Psephos |
Dec-04-08 11:03 PM |
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Not to worry.... |
OhioChick |
Dec-03-08 09:37 AM |
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there are several reasons for the |
melm00se |
Dec-03-08 09:47 AM |
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It's a racket. |
Toucano |
Dec-03-08 10:16 AM |
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Time to nationalize private college education |
AlphaCentauri |
Dec-03-08 10:28 AM |
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Look for community colleges and associate's degrees to become the standard of "higher" education. |
AngryOldDem |
Dec-03-08 11:21 AM |
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I think this is a good thing |
TwixVoy |
Dec-03-08 12:06 PM |
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College has always been Unaffordable for MOST in US |
JJ |
Dec-03-08 12:39 PM |
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No kidding |
BluePatriot |
Dec-03-08 01:46 PM |
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Kick & recommend... I can't say anything nice... so I won't say anything at all... |
Azlady |
Dec-03-08 03:50 PM |
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I think green collar jobs will be the wave of the future |
RainDog |
Dec-03-08 04:05 PM |
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I wasn't aware that people can afford college now. |
readmoreoften |
Dec-03-08 05:07 PM |
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Mission Accomplished! |
sarcasmo |
Dec-03-08 05:35 PM |
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We need universal college education. |
Zhade |
Dec-03-08 06:17 PM |
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hell, i was in college in the 90s and it was damn near unaffordable then |
Blue_Tires |
Dec-03-08 11:13 PM |
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As opposed to now? |
BlueIris |
Dec-03-08 11:16 PM |
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This is surprising? |
davidthegnome |
Dec-04-08 12:21 AM |
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College education does NOT guarantee a good job. |
Perragrande |
Dec-04-08 01:35 AM |
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Talk about stacking the deck: |
surrealAmerican |
Dec-04-08 11:38 AM |
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Kick! |
XemaSab |
Dec-04-08 09:04 PM |
#88 |
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