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jmowreader
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Sun Jun-10-07 11:49 AM Original message |
A VERY stupid question about college loans |
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Deja Q
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Sun Jun-10-07 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. Nonsense. People might lose a job now, but they will shortly get better ones with more pay! |
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mike_c
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Sun Jun-10-07 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
2. well, Duke is a private institution so the state does not subsidize... |
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1monster
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Sun Jun-10-07 12:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Sorry. One of the US NEWS & WORLD REPORT top twenty schools |
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jmowreader
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Sun Jun-10-07 12:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. A large part of attending Duke is paid by outside parties |
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stellanoir
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Sun Jun-10-07 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
3. Tuitions have long been disproportional to potential incomes for most. |
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porphyrian
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Sun Jun-10-07 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
4. College is a business. |
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mike_c
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Sun Jun-10-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. I strongly disagree.... |
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Lex
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Sun Jun-10-07 12:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Private universities are a business. |
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Lex
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Sun Jun-10-07 12:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. nt |
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porphyrian
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Sun Jun-10-07 12:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Who and what determines the cost of student attendance and of your programs? |
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mike_c
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Sun Jun-10-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. the student cost of attendance is set by the University trustees... |
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porphyrian
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Sun Jun-10-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Both of the places I worked are research universities... |
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gravity
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Sun Jun-10-07 06:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
37. Most private universities are non-profits |
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porphyrian
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Sun Jun-10-07 07:23 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. "Higher education is just expensive." |
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gravity
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Sun Jun-10-07 07:43 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Public institutions are just as expensive to run |
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porphyrian
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Mon Jun-11-07 08:51 AM Response to Reply #42 |
51. Expense is an excuse. |
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Berry Cool
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Sun Jun-10-07 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
5. Two words: |
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mike_c
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Sun Jun-10-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
32. second that.... |
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H2O Man
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Sun Jun-10-07 12:00 PM Original message |
"The only stupid question |
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liberal N proud
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Sun Jun-10-07 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. Why is college so expensive? - GREED |
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mike_c
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Sun Jun-10-07 12:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. who do you think are the beneficiaries of that greed...? |
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liberal N proud
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Sun Jun-10-07 12:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. There is no such thing as a low cost loan |
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mike_c
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Sun Jun-10-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I certainly agree there is a class war.... |
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gravity
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Sun Jun-10-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
38. Duke isn't expensive because of greed |
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Nikia
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Sun Jun-10-07 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
7. Because they play Robin Hood |
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Berry Cool
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Sun Jun-10-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Seriously, subsidizing other students is part of the real reason. |
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DFW
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Sun Jun-10-07 12:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. I know that, and that is why I didn't ask for financial aid |
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Nikia
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Sun Jun-10-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. You misunderstand me |
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JerseygirlCT
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Sun Jun-10-07 08:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
46. But that only covers so much of the explanation |
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jmowreader
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Sun Jun-10-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I don't think "poorer students" get into Duke |
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Nikia
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Sun Jun-10-07 06:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
36. Some do, some don't |
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terisan
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Sun Jun-10-07 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
8. Is the Federal Loan Guarantee System Part of the Problem? |
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1932
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Sun Jun-10-07 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
15. Part of it is because all these loans allow Universities to keep prices high without losing students |
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undeterred
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Sun Jun-10-07 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. I don't send a dime to either of the schools I graduated from and I never will |
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AngryOldDem
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Sun Jun-10-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. I am the same way |
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Lex
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Sun Jun-10-07 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
20. Private universities basically perpetuate the unofficial caste system in the US. |
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Nikia
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Sun Jun-10-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. I would have had to pay more out of pocket if I would have |
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rockymountaindem
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Sun Jun-10-07 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
21. These days I'm starting to think it's because schools fully subsidize Ph.D students |
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undeterred
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Sun Jun-10-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. But they don't fully subsidize them |
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Sadie4629
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Sun Jun-10-07 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
23. Duke is a private institution |
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wiggs
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Sun Jun-10-07 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
26. Private schools like Duke offer a lot of |
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aikoaiko
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Sun Jun-10-07 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
28. A couple of things to remember -- |
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mike_c
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Sun Jun-10-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I did my doctoral work at UGA.... |
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aikoaiko
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Sun Jun-10-07 07:37 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. Its still a fine college town. Too bad your ex got it in the divorce, but its a good place to raise |
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BlooInBloo
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Sun Jun-10-07 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
39. Note that outside of professional school, few grad students pay tuition at all. |
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LuckyLib
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Sun Jun-10-07 08:06 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. Not in major public universities. Some areas may pay most of tuition, but |
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BlooInBloo
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Sun Jun-10-07 08:07 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Then your experience differs radically from mine. |
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WonderGrunion
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Sun Jun-10-07 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
43. I saw a documentary |
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JerseygirlCT
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Sun Jun-10-07 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
44. Not a stupid question at all. |
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northzax
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Sun Jun-10-07 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
45. consider the cost of a place like Duke to be roughly the same |
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entanglement
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Sun Jun-10-07 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
49. Why go to Duke at all? Why not UNC or some other nice state school? |
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MountainLaurel
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Sun Jun-10-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. The name n/t |
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raccoon
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Mon Jun-11-07 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
52. The rank and file aren't getting the money, that's for sure. |
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Jimbo S
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Mon Jun-11-07 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
53. Other sources of income are drying up |
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ComerPerro
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Mon Jun-11-07 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
54. schools like Duke are expensive to keep regular people out |
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Javaman
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Mon Jun-11-07 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
55. Well according to the GAO a gov't pensil costs us $3,000... |
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