Biden will fix it, next month.

[OldWiseGuy]

AOC attacked Trump and Republicans on Twitter over rising college costs, arguing that many lawmakers didn't understand students' financial struggles

 

[dzheremi]

And Trump will fix it never, because he's more into fleecing students than helping them.

Maybe this isn't the sort of thing you should be highlighting in order to make a partisan point when that's the guy in your corner...

 

[Rachel20]

AOC attacked Trump and Republicans on Twitter over rising college costs, arguing that many lawmakers didn't understand students' financial struggles

Most college professors are liberal. Last liberal:conservative ratio I saw was 12:1 . So where were their protests all these years over the rising costs? Even Camille Paglia pointed out this hypocrisy.

 

[dzheremi]

Most college professors are liberal. Last liberal:conservative ratio I saw was 12:1 . So where were their protests all these years over the rising costs? Even Camille Paglia pointed out this hypocrisy.

I was unaware that Camille Paglia or any liberal professors were responsible for the decline in public funding for education that has pushed more and more of the cost of education directly onto students. Huh.

 

[Rachel20]

I was unaware that Camille Paglia or any liberal professors were responsible for the decline in public funding for education that has pushed more and more of the cost of education directly onto students. Huh.

I am too, who made that claim?

 

[OldWiseGuy]

College administrators are the guilty ones, raising tuitions to capture the spoils of government backed student loans.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

And Trump will fix it never, because he's more into fleecing students than helping them.

Maybe this isn't the sort of thing you should be highlighting in order to make a partisan point when that's the guy in your corner...

My point was that AOC should be directing her plea to Biden, who wants to reduce each student's loan debt by $10,000. Perhaps AOC isn't satisfied with this although it would reduce the average debt by one-third or more.

Average Student Loan Debt Statistics for 2020 | LendEDU

 

[Rachel20]

College administrators are the guilty ones, raising tuitions to capture the spoils of government backed student loans.

Colleges are only as good as the professors they attract (with higher salaries) so they're all feeding at the same trough. It's the strange silence of the so-called "liberal" professors that's funny.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Colleges are only as good as the professors they attract (with higher salaries) so they're all feeding at the same trough. It's the strange silence of the so-called "liberal" professors that's funny.

Who's going to turn down a big fat raise? I'm actually overpaid for what I do as well, but I'm not complaining. Next month I'll get another raise and a nice yearly bonus. Life is good.

 

[Rachel20]

Who's going to turn down a big fat raise? I'm actually overpaid for what I do as well, but I'm not complaining. Next month I'll get another raise and a nice yearly bonus. Life is good.

Sure, but then I don't hear you virtue-signalling over the poor indentured-servant students either

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Sure, but then I don't hear you virtue-signalling over the poor indentured-servant students either

Many kids are drawn into college, and debt, on the promise of a high paying job later. These days that's a crapshoot for sure. The winds of society are blowing them away from more stable blue collar careers into the uncertainty of the future high-tech world. Sadly many aren't prepared to make the best choice.

 

[dzheremi]

I am too, who made that claim?

So you're just bringing them up out of nowhere, a propos of nothing?

 

[Rachel20]

I'm one of the 'ignorant' that didn't go to college; just a working stiff.

We're all working stiffs, college or no

 

[PloverWing]

Most college professors are liberal. Last liberal:conservative ratio I saw was 12:1 . So where were their protests all these years over the rising costs? Even Camille Paglia pointed out this hypocrisy.

At my university, we talk about the high costs of education all the time -- in our department meetings, in our faculty senate meetings, in our union meetings, in our conversations with the administration, and in our university's negotiations with the state legislature. We think about it when we're choosing our textbooks and when we're considering the equipment students may need for a particular class. Why do you say otherwise?

 

[OldWiseGuy]

We're all working stiffs, college or no

True. My bosses and all their kids went to college, but most do common work, in the family residential rental business.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Colleges are only as good as the professors they attract (with higher salaries) so they're all feeding at the same trough. It's the strange silence of the so-called "liberal" professors that's funny.

But don't those professors assign TA's to do the teaching while they spend their time hoping to get 'published', in order to raise the prestige of themselves and the college (so as to continue the cycle of raising tuitions)? They don't actually teach, do they? How do the students benefit from these highly paid professors?

 

[Albion]

AOC attacked Trump and Republicans on Twitter over rising college costs, arguing that many lawmakers didn't understand students' financial struggles

This Congresswoman must be a genius after all. She's figured out that college costs are difficult for the average student to bear. How perceptive.

 

[Sparagmos]

Colleges are only as good as the professors they attract (with higher salaries) so they're all feeding at the same trough. It's the strange silence of the so-called "liberal" professors that's funny.

Has it occurred to you that professors can’t easily criticize their employers without consequences? The college professors I know are very critical of their administrations over costs to students but have to be very careful of how public they are about that. I’m guessing you also have no idea what college professors are or aren’t doing about this.

 

[Rachel20]

I’m guessing you also have no idea what college professors are or aren’t doing about this.

Thankfully I don't have to guess - I can see results. They're not looking too good btw

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Here's the good news. In fact I'm starting new thread about it.

The High School/College Graduate Wage Gap | Manhattan Institute