knitter4democracy
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Mon Jul-26-10 11:23 PM
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| 42. Access is directly related to completion. |
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Too many grants and scholarships only pay for the first year or two. It gets awfully difficult to keep getting money to pay for an increasingly expensive degree, especially if you end up in a decent job (in trying to keep your head above water and pay the bills the grants/loans/scholarships don't pay) and don't need that expensive degree.
If we made it more affordable, completion rates would go up.
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| -Once a Leader, U.S. Lags in Attaining College Degrees |
alp227 |
Jul-23-10 12:53 AM |
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Here is a problem |
DonCoquixote |
Jul-23-10 12:57 AM |
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Bingo! n/t |
OhioChick |
Jul-23-10 02:56 PM |
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Anything to do WITH THE INSANE COST OF STUDENT LOANS? |
aquart |
Jul-23-10 01:15 AM |
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You can go to some colleges in other countries for free. |
bulloney |
Jul-23-10 08:01 AM |
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Some other countries, at least. (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Jul-23-10 06:33 PM |
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Obama addressed that immediately |
Bandit |
Jul-23-10 08:25 AM |
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ANYTHING TO DO WITH AGE PROMOTION? IOW, who needs academic promotion? |
wordpix |
Jul-23-10 10:08 AM |
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That all depends on the school. |
barb162 |
Jul-23-10 02:18 PM |
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We don' need no edukacion.... |
Proletariatprincess |
Jul-23-10 01:52 AM |
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I'd take free universal broadband over a return to #1 status. |
sofa king |
Jul-23-10 02:32 AM |
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We can't have both? |
Wednesdays |
Jul-23-10 08:35 AM |
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The internet makes us too easily distracted |
Bragi |
Jul-23-10 01:01 PM |
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I agree /nt |
Bragi |
Jul-23-10 03:01 PM |
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I imagine the top-11 countries all have Internet access too. (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Jul-23-10 06:35 PM |
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Well, yeah, 'cause they're smart! |
sofa king |
Jul-24-10 01:40 AM |
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Hey, we're still NUMBER ONE in the amount of prisoners. |
pattmarty |
Jul-23-10 06:22 AM |
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Yesssss!!!! /nt |
Bragi |
Jul-23-10 08:33 AM |
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But aren't something like a third of college graduates working at jobs not requiring degrees? |
Nikia |
Jul-23-10 06:27 AM |
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a third sounds very low |
tabbycat31 |
Jul-26-10 06:23 PM |
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college has become too easy to get into |
MikeW |
Jul-23-10 06:29 AM |
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So does that automatically assume that those who got bad grades in high school are stupid? |
HughBeaumont |
Jul-23-10 07:06 AM |
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bull. Look at the admissions rates for the top schools |
n2doc |
Jul-23-10 09:17 AM |
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"schools" and "the top schools" are hardly synonymous. (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Jul-23-10 03:23 PM |
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Certainly not financially easier. |
pattmarty |
Jul-23-10 09:56 AM |
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R.O.I., R.O.I., R.O.I. |
HughBeaumont |
Jul-23-10 07:01 AM |
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Not only that; there simply ain't enough jobs that require a college degree |
raccoon |
Jul-23-10 08:42 AM |
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spot on analysis |
UpInArms |
Jul-23-10 02:31 PM |
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Betterment of oneself through education? |
LanternWaste |
Jul-27-10 12:24 PM |
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Other nations offer free college, too. Here, fewer and fewer people can afford it. (nt) |
w4rma |
Jul-23-10 07:25 AM |
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daughter graduated in 1995... |
Marthe48 |
Jul-23-10 07:51 AM |
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We get twisted into such knots over these artificial rankings |
The2ndWheel |
Jul-23-10 08:26 AM |
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Ya have to admit, from 1st to 12th is a pretty big drop. |
Wednesdays |
Jul-23-10 08:42 AM |
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No explaining why silly people get upset by things like less education, higher mortality, etc. |
No Elephants |
Jul-23-10 12:27 PM |
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How many degreed people does a security-based economy need? |
Bragi |
Jul-23-10 08:40 AM |
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Way to make lemonade! |
No Elephants |
Jul-23-10 12:29 PM |
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You are spot on the mark, Brag. |
Proletariatprincess |
Jul-24-10 12:01 AM |
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Or maybe it's The Extreme Right and Faux News telling |
lakers4life24 |
Jul-23-10 12:13 PM |
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So true. I have some Russian friends who are all between 25 and 35. |
go west young man |
Jul-23-10 12:38 PM |
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Between 8 years of Reagan and 12 of members of the Bush crime family--and |
No Elephants |
Jul-23-10 02:46 PM |
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Work harder, not smarter |
daleo |
Jul-23-10 03:35 PM |
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A society of Boxers saying |
burnsei sensei |
Jul-26-10 07:52 PM |
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3 decades of "there is such a thing as too much education" and "college is evil and liberal". |
ieoeja |
Jul-23-10 03:51 PM |
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Access is directly related to completion. |
knitter4democracy |
Jul-26-10 11:23 PM |
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Our "owners" feel threatened by educated citizens . . .!! |
defendandprotect |
Jul-27-10 01:37 PM |
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