College Tuition Rising As Economy Sinks

[TheWarbirdPhoenix]

No,even in not so good times,college should not go higher then 18K-20K and thats the average cost of all four years. So per year would be 9K-10K per year depending on the economy. In saying,the prices of college now is as if the economy across the planet was operating at its most maximum potential. I'm not including the increased savings if religious/idiological conflicts,greed,and lazyness were reduced but not completely elimiated,after all,we are human.

[DeadSleepers]

FUCK the USA...No wonder most people here are struggling..EVEN with degrees.

[MrFaisel34]

There is a void in leadership at the University of Pennsylvania.

[areuter727]

Further your education for free at the public library and on the internet. I regret going to college.

[AutumnAlmonds]

I don't know about you, but I would pick another carrer path if I knew my parent would have to give up their retirement money just to put me through graduate school.

[locknes2008]

@CoffeeMann a library card is

[aviomaster]

Comparing Norway standard of living with standard of living in USA is like comparing Yugo and  Mercedes ...

They are not even close. Norway is way ahead of USA.

[aviomaster]

starterist -- USA goverment taxes Americans , first Goverment scares them with Bin Laden , and terrorists and Mushroom cloud  and Axis of EVIl countires , Than they tax them to death ... Income tax , Sales tax ... ALL going to Military build up and 800 Military USA bases ... While schools in USA are closing .

Americans get to pay HIGH tuitions no Health care etc.

[artdrawsyou]

It's all about capitalism and control of everyone around the globe! If your not busy making money for the machine or the elite at the top, you'll misbehave! School didn't really get started until the industries were guilty of child labor. They let the children off, but kept the adults at work. This is when the sanctioned institution of education got into full swing. Question now is will students become militants to keep their empire going?Economy is sinking & greed is rising.

[donignacio2000]

Most college degrees are useless these days anyway... It won't help you get a job.

[starterist]

This is why I love Norway, they pay us to study at colleges :P

[FaithfulAndTrue1]

cool dude

[TenderTrap86]

How much are taxes in Norway?

[starterist]

Taxes are high but our income makes up for it to a great length. We pay taxes on almost everything but those who bitch about how high taxes are, are lazy, waste-of-space people...

[TenderTrap86]

People who complain about taxes are lazy, waste of space people? Really?

Heaven forbid that people actually get to keep the money they've worked for.

I don't care how much of a dumb, stupid, ignorant American Yank I sound like, but I move furniture and actually sweat and bleed for my money. I hate taxes. You think I'm lazy or a waste of space, because I want to keep all the money I earned?

[starterist]

I meant back here in Norway, here we pay a bunch of taxes but we have universal health care and so much of our welfare taken care of so if we pay a small amount to the state so that we don't have to pay if we even need a heart transplant, then I'm all for our system of taxes. In your case it's a totally different thing so no, I'm sorry if it sounded offensive towards you, but I was speaking generally of people complaining about it here at home when we are one of the better countries to live in..

[jetfighters20fr]

@starterist haha,. nice,.. they don't pay us,. but we 8students) get food for free,.. hah i like you system beater the in Slovenia,..

[waverly2468]

High schools teach students about the dangers of drugs and cigarettes--why are they so quiet about the dangers of student loan debt? College is an investment--all investments involve RISK. College is the riskiest investment you can make because you cannot declare bankruptcy on student loan debt. Even Suze Orman has backed off from saying that student loans are "good" debt. We are in the Depression of 2009 and probably a great job won't be waiting for you when you graduate.

[dan020350]

schools can a be criminal .

[MOHAMBONE]

As for Indians...they now are able to open casinos and raise Billions of Dollars for their needs. Every country has been conquered in the history of Empires...that doesn't make it right or wrong: it's just a fact!

The Indians were not a peaceful group of natives; they fought and killed each other routinely.

[MOHAMBONE]

Broccoli Obama and the new (e.g. OLD) Our Gang will fix it. Funny, how come illegals can go to College for free ?

[19770326]

I here you. Thats probably what Native americans think about us.

[jnycnuk]

quadruple the gas tax to 80 cents to be more in line with europe and there will be more money for college tuition subsidies and pension support. biggest mistake ever - cheap fuel policy in america, it has killed the big three by leaving them high and dry when fuel prices skyrocketed. it will happen again.

[CraftLulz]

Isn't there community colleges to go to!

Why are people trying to go to private colleges, when a state colleges works just as well.

Why are americans willing to waste money, when they can get the same result much cheaper and efficient. You don't need to go to stanford, yale, etc. community colleges work just fine. But then again Americans have ego issues, they think they are "somebody" just because they paid over 100K just to get their BA/BS.

[biggerflexible]

Community college and State University education = working in retail these days.

[MultimediaJay]

You're not going to fool anyone who went to a decent school when you mention the Ivy League alongside Community Colleges omitting ALL THOSE SCHOOLS that are in the middle. ;) Going to a good school still makes a difference. A bigger problem though is the bureaucracies that sometimes raise tuition at 6x the inflation rate. Those la-las could use a smack of reality. =) These days though it's more about what you can do with what you know than simply what you know.

[sugarpuddin88]

USA worst place for college

Get your education in another country!!!

[biggerflexible]

Shut up TROLL!

[nushadow2008]

uh why would students from other countries come here then? You are very wrong, USA is the worst place for high school, not college

[sugarpuddin88]

The stats show foreign enrollment is way down across the last 5 years

[ContrastY]

go to a community college.

do not let THEM prevent you from obtaining a degree or receiving higher education.

[BKDevious]

I heard studying in Europe can be great. According to the NY Times, college life in Europe is less affordable than here in the US.

University of Edinburgh - here I come!

[Ernwar45]

F*ck this sucks i am graduating this year

hope those ceos burn or suffercate from all the money that they are stilling from us

[VeNeM999]

.. wow..

dont know where to start

[utubefavorsdems]

Why?

[AnnieNM06]

yeah because we should be handed everything in life like little whiny children that cant do anything for ourselves and live in a communism.

there's this thing called hard work. I know because thats how I put myself through college

[ZoomBFX]

You think this generations is bad

Wait till generation Y starts to have kids, (which they have at 14 or 15 anyway)

Oy

[utubefavorsdems]

Don't worry. Obama will make college tuition free! You didn't know that? Obama will back up all of his promises! lol

[AnnieNM06]

This makes me even happier that I'm never having kids. And that I have my degree.

[jumbojon2004]

This is scary!