lower funding, increase tuition..
More Money, More Problems
Posted on May 29, 2012 ·
Zandar at Balloon Juice flags this bullsh*t From CNN: Justin Combs worked hard in high school to improve his football game and earn a 3.75 GPA . He recently received a $54,000 merit-based scholarship to UCLA, where he’ll play football. [...] What do you think? Should the Combs family keep, return or donate the money? Should students [...]
Tuition is too damn high
Posted on May 24, 2012 ·
From Atrios (Eschaton: The Math): Can some of the people who rule us sit down and do a few calculations. Look at typical student loan debt at graduation. Look at median first job salaries for college graduates. Typical 10 year earnings profiles of those graduates. Then ask yourselves, how exactly are they supposed to buy [...]
Pittsburgh Mayor to city’s College Students: Dude, you got 5 millie I can have?
Posted on December 12, 2009 ·
I get why the mayor of Pittsburgh wants to do this, but I don’t get why he or the City Council believes this is a good idea. Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl has given local colleges and universities an ultimatum: Offer a plan to provide $5 million a year in support to the city, or the [...]