Comments on: Board Of ED Leader: Scotts $10,000 Degree Is ‘Gimmick’

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 02:18:57 +0000

Oh, and according to Florida college websites, foreign students pay same fees as out of state students. There’s no reason to blame everybody else for our troubles.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 05:25:08 +0000

REGARDING:
“it’s getting so this country is only made up of service jobs and most of them are given to the “welfare recipients” not the ones who are trying to work and go to school.”

Please explain what you mean by “welfare recipients” and why it’s in quotes and why you believe people getting a job aren’t people trying to work.

Oh, and I’m reasonably sure this country still needs accountants, bankers and/or tellers, carpenters, chemical company workers, doctors, electricians, engineers (aerospace, agricultural, chemical, civil, electrical, electronic, mechanical, industrial — to name a few), farmers, iron workers, nurses, oilfield workers, paper mill workers, plumbers, police, soldiers and sailors, teachers, truckers.

Of course, I could be wrong.

David for workers

By: Lady

Lady — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 04:24:52 +0000

I think it is ridiculous for the State to fund education for those that are not even citizens of this country. Also, why couldn’t text books be offered as used for a minimal fee if they are returned. We have enough staff in all the offices to keep up with this and would help the pocket books of a lot of people that want their children to have an education and also adults who want to find a decent job. it’s getting so this country is only made up of service jobs and most of them are given to the “welfare recipents” not the ones who are trying to work and go to school. This country is going downhill and the politicians are not doing anything about it. Just see what condition we are going to be in in the next four years. I shudder to think how we are going to live, let alone have medical coverage. Only the wealthy will have that and they will let the rest of us die without it.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 19:56:40 +0000

REGARDING:
“A good start would be to moderate the cost of textbooks. What a racket! ”

That MIGHT be a good start if the state were selling the textbooks.
They aren’t.

Back to the drawing board.

Of course, the state could buy the textbooks for the students to lower the costs (to the students, anyway, by passing it on to the taxpayres), but most likely those aren’t even costs figured into the $10,000 figure just as I doubt it includes the cost of clothes, food, cell phones during time in college.

David for value

By: Abe

Abe — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 12:54:53 +0000

Yes, the textbook racket is criminal. The identical “international version” is a fraction of the cost. As long as the government makes financing easy without regulating cost we will not see the end of it.

A quality $10,000 degree would be possible if you take out the filler classes. I understand the importance of a well-rounded education but I can tell you that a lot of the classes required to get a 4 yr. degree are nothing more than “income streams” for the colleges and have absolutely zero value to the student in the long run.

Another good place to start would be cutting office staff. There are a lot of positions that could be eliminated but the colleges want to keep their operating budgets as high as possible otherwise their allowance would be cut.

I’m not a Scott fan at all but I like this very obtainable goal.

By: No Excuses

No Excuses — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:14:35 +0000

A good start would be to moderate the cost of textbooks. What a racket! They charge exhorbitant fees for new AND used textbooks. My child is starting State College in the Spring, and her textbooks will be at least $250.00 to RENT for four classes – I’m talking music appreciation and things like that – not math or science textbooks which typically cost more.

How about some relief there PSC?

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:39:56 +0000

Duke, you completely miss the point. Wouldn’t education be less expensive for this precious “middle class” if we were not forced to foot the bill for students that pay nothing? It’s the biggest con since Madoff’s ponzi scheme.

By: chris1

chris1 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:44:29 +0000

Brick and mortar colleges are becoming less relevant all the time.
go to yt/goog and type in “don’t go to college”.
Student loan delinquency just hit another all time high.

By: Duke of Wawbeek

Duke of Wawbeek — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:42:07 +0000

Jimbo don’t you go complaing about diversity. It keeps folks like you and me safe in this world.

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:02:53 +0000

I don’t thing the Governor’s proposition is all that “out of line.” Have any of you seen how much a tenured professor make per anum? Another consideration is how much tuition is given out to foreigners for nothing other than claimed “diversity.” Sure, we need to learn about other cultures, but we shouldn’t have to pay more for our own kids education just because a college or university chooses to give education away for free.