Bring Tuition Down, Obama Tells Colleges

Many students were happy to hear about President Barack Obama's plan to curb tuition costs, but some educators are skeptical. (Jan. 27)

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[Murray13j]

@manujr1392 You chose to go there so don't complain about the price.

[manujr1392]

Administrate costs my ass. I pay 23,000 in tuition per year to go to a school smaller than my house. If I had to pay 9000 per year I'd be ecstatic! Private colleges are ripping the living shit off students.

[nippyhippy123]

The problem is that government is involved with the loan process. Why? Who is the government to decide what loans are guaranteed to lenders and what loans are not?

If government was not creating cheap money the education bubble could never have been blown up as much as it has. Cheap money is the reason students can graduate en masse with essentially useless degrees and colleges have become four-year vacations. The trillions of dollars in outstanding student loan debt will never be paid back.

[allgoo19]

@jumpingjay2000 " large breaks to instate families and if your gpa is high enough you go for free."

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How many students are you talking about here?

I'm talking about all students in the college and not talking about one or two colleges in the nation.

You may want to take a look this.

Google, "National university Wiki"

There are only military related colleges in US. In which country students have to pay to become military officer?

[WheresMarkKnopfler]

CrowdPleeza,

You have it right. If the government only paid for student aid for universities that were below a certain price threshold then that influence in the market place would be such that there would be the Phoenix universities of the USA holding down price points.

That's why the cost of medical health insurance is out control. There's no market mechanism to prevent prices escalating thru the roof!

[CrowdPleeza]

Isn't student aid one big reason college cost are expensive? Knowing students are getting this aid money colleges know that students can foot the bill for higher college costs.

[jumpingjay2000]

@allgoo19 There are alot of State Schools that give large breaks to instate families and if your gpa is high enough you go for free. I think the Ivy league schools are just status symbols. 

[GutpileCharlie]

@wowamonn ...You moronic, pathetic, miserable, dispicable, repugnant pile of steaming excrement.

Go fuck yourself you low life.

[wowamonn]

@GutpileCharlie I assume that was a yes. I am not surprised.

[GutpileCharlie]

@wowamonn ...What the fuck are you talking about, you pthetic dip shit?