Just make state universities and community college funded by corporate tax dollars. If you want to demand a degree for a job, you need to fund those educational programs that can pump out those workers.
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Just make state universities and community college funded by corporate tax dollars.
Or how about rerouting some of the obscene amounts of $ from university athletic departments?
(I'm obviously barking at the moon.)
Back when I was in undergrad, I was so pissed that I was spending hundreds of dollars per semester on athletics fees and the school gym was open a couple of hours a day. We all know where those athletics fees were going, and it wasn't for the benefit of the average student.
If half the admins were fired, universities would still have over 1/3 of staff having nothing to do with teaching.
You mean there are more ~~janitors~~ accountants and registrars than professors of engineering? No way!
There's more office administration than teachers/professors.
The word admin is short for administration, not employee or staff or whatever you're thinking of. Office admins are paper pushers, auditors, red tape appliers, etc.
Oh right, fixed that in my clumsy remark.
¿why not both?
My favorite is every year when my alumni college reaches out to ask for more money than I already gave them.
Tipping culture in the US has really gotten out of hand.
What’s even funnier is when you work for your Alma Mater. So you want me to pay you money that I earned from you back to you ?!?
I have had a few acquaintances who have fallen for no accreditation, religious run schools of so-called "higher education". They spend the tuition and received the loans, as if for an accredited school, but end up with a degree that barely qualifies them for writing a letter on an outdated Microsoft suite. Think of these institutions as having used Trump University as their business model. They are predator institutions that prey on the unsuspecting, using religious trappings to legitimize their lack of education offered. These are the places that most need to be taken off of the federal loan programs. As a caveat, I've been through college at an accredited two-year community college, then transferring to an accredited private school. I have been through the system, too, but at least have an education that I can use. The people end up with nothing.
Why are we giving money to colleges at all when they maximize profit off of tuition?
Tuition is in part a factor of access to student loans. You think tuition would be that high if loans wouldn’t cover it?
Here’s an idea:private universities whose endowment has grown year over year are stripped of nonprofit status. Public universities are completely funded by the federal government and education is provided tuition free. Community colleges expand to offer trade school education as well, also free. Students must complete a course of study in the allotted time and work for 2 years before returning for additional education, including graduate degrees.