Comments on: Scott Challenges Colleges To Offer $10,000 Degrees

By: Huh

Huh — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:06:51 +0000

The problem with college is the free market, they will all raise rates together and you won’t have a lower choice. Maybe a government ran college that was much cheaper would force the private sector to compete

By: Trisha

Trisha — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:22:56 +0000

The Walmart of Education? That makes me feel that if, for whatever reason, I can’t afford to go to college, then I don’t DESERVE to go. That’s just WRONG.

Our country needs to do something to make it more affordable. College should be equal opportunity and not just for our wallets’ sake.

By: Rufus Lowgun

Rufus Lowgun — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:41:03 +0000

“Why would the Democratic party be against these affordable degrees? Is it just because Rick Scott proposed it?”

Because saying that colleges should offer $10,000 degrees without offering any ideas on how to make it possible is an empty gesture. It’s like saying “I think that cars should get 100 miles to the gallon”, or “I think the Cubs should win a World Series”. It’s great as far as it goes, but it just doesn’t go very far.

By: puddin

puddin — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 01:18:37 +0000

Wow,that would be so great. I took one class that I wanted to help me at work. $600+ for that one class, two books and colledge costs. Then I never even needed one of the books that cost sixty bucks!

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:16:59 +0000

Why would the Democratic party be against these affordable degrees? Is it just because Rick Scott proposed it?

Honestly, it seems like each party tries to dismiss the ideas of the other party just because they didn’t think of it first.

By: jwr

jwr — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:53:44 +0000

This can happen!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Govonor Scott this is the best idea you have come up with yet.

By: Abe

Abe — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:47:58 +0000

College cost are extremely high and the reasons are not entirely clear to me.

Why can we buy (from a foreign country) a new textbook labeled “International Version” online for a fraction of the cost of an identical textbook locally?

Why does it cost over $1000.00 for a class (3 semester hours) at the local University? some of these classes only meet 2 or 3 times for a total of maybe 15 classroom hours?

Why do these schools have enormous staffs but when you have a problem it takes forever to get it resolved?

Why are interest rates so high on government backed student loans when there is virtually no risks to the lender? You cannot go bankrupt on these loans and they will garnish your wages or tax return to get their money.

One thing is clear; when the government made it easy for students to get loans the cost of books and tuition skyrocketed. The thinking was that the more students that could afford to attend the cheaper education would become. The truth is that it caused an increase in demand and therefore an increase in price.