Page 6 of 9 FirstFirst ... 23456789 LastLast
Results 76 to 90 of 130

Thread: Free college!

  1. #76 | Top
    Join Date
    Oct 2017
    Location
    Ravenhenge in the Northwoods
    Posts
    88,278
    Thanks
    145,684
    Thanked 82,496 Times in 52,724 Posts
    Groans
    1
    Groaned 4,657 Times in 4,376 Posts
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Althea View Post
    After 20 years in nursing, my GF is now wasting thousands of dollars because NY decided to funnel money to the SUNY system. So...if hospitals want accreditation, 85% of nurses must have a bachelors, as opposed to the associates degree that was necessary along w/the nursing degree.
    Nothing she's studying has anything to do with nursing, and she certainly doesn't need the aggravation of dealing with homework/assignments after working a full day. I could see if they came up with a course that was nothing but advanced nursing curriculum. Learning about the French Revolution does nothing to make her a better nurse.
    That's crap, and that's exactly what was happening in Missouri when we left, too. The only jobs for non-BSN nurses were in nursing homes, physicians' offices, or managed care/insurance companies. But if they can insist on the BSN, with the current glut of RNs, that's what they will get.

  2. The Following User Says Thank You to ThatOwlWoman For This Post:

    Althea (11-10-2017)

  3. #77 | Top
    Join Date
    Dec 2016
    Posts
    40,213
    Thanks
    14,475
    Thanked 23,679 Times in 16,485 Posts
    Groans
    23
    Groaned 585 Times in 561 Posts
    Blog Entries
    3

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by TTQ64 View Post
    So now republican pigs are introducing extreme left wing ideas? I can't believe that. I'll have to double check this.

    I've been told this is a extreme left idea that would never come to light.

    When I ask what extreme left ideologies are, this is one them,

    The right always tries to compare the left with their extreme hate and ideology.
    Affordable or free education is hardly a "extreme left idea". And obviously in this case not even a Democrat one. Time to wake up and smell the coffee.

  4. #78 | Top
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    Columbus, Ohio
    Posts
    55,018
    Thanks
    15,249
    Thanked 19,001 Times in 13,040 Posts
    Groans
    307
    Groaned 1,147 Times in 1,092 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Micawber View Post
    http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/11/pf/c...ege/index.html

    Excellent job, Tennessee!

    I'd prefer it not to be funded with a state lottery ticket program, however. The desperate and dumb poor shouldn't foot the bill.
    Smart thing to do. If other States don't follow suite Tennessee will develop a significant competitive edge in the labor force.
    You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic!

  5. The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Mott the Hoople For This Post:

    Phantasmal (11-11-2017), ThatOwlWoman (11-11-2017)

  6. #79 | Top
    Join Date
    Dec 2016
    Posts
    40,213
    Thanks
    14,475
    Thanked 23,679 Times in 16,485 Posts
    Groans
    23
    Groaned 585 Times in 561 Posts
    Blog Entries
    3

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Mott the Hoople View Post
    Smart thing to do. If other States don't follow suite Tennessee will develop a significant competitive edge in the labor force.
    Good insight.

  7. #80 | Top
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    Columbus, Ohio
    Posts
    55,018
    Thanks
    15,249
    Thanked 19,001 Times in 13,040 Posts
    Groans
    307
    Groaned 1,147 Times in 1,092 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by katzgar View Post
    A free 12th grade education has done a lot for this country so a college education would even do more
    Indeed it would as it requires significantly more than the traditional high school education to be competitive in todays labor market and odds of making a middle class income based solely on a high school education are not good.

    The real advantage here though is that community colleges have a lot to offer in terms of technical and traditional trades too. My late brother in-law received an industrial arts A.S. degree at a local community college in CNC machining and he made serious money as a tool maker until his alcoholism entered the acute stage.
    You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic!

  8. The Following User Says Thank You to Mott the Hoople For This Post:

    Phantasmal (11-11-2017)

  9. #81 | Top
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    Columbus, Ohio
    Posts
    55,018
    Thanks
    15,249
    Thanked 19,001 Times in 13,040 Posts
    Groans
    307
    Groaned 1,147 Times in 1,092 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Getin the ring View Post
    yea, more free stuff. What deficit

    Liberals have truly lost their minds
    Not really...it's just you never learned critical thinking skills...or apparently math either.

    Look it's not free for the taxpayers. It's free for the students but it's a sound investment as those with college degrees and technical trade skills earn on average over their career double to triple what someone with just a high school education will earn. So though it's a substantial investment upfront, just like high school, the back end ROI is huge with those who receive the free education paying far more tax dollars over their life than they would have otherwise.

    So unlike your Santa Clause/Easter Bunny/Great Pumpkin like faith in mythologies like Supply Side Economics growing the economy investing in education has actually proven to grow our economy and the middle class.

    To bad you missed that train, huh?
    You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic!

  10. The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Mott the Hoople For This Post:

    Phantasmal (11-11-2017), ThatOwlWoman (11-11-2017)

  11. #82 | Top
    Join Date
    Oct 2017
    Location
    Prairieville
    Posts
    27,356
    Thanks
    2,896
    Thanked 10,626 Times in 7,127 Posts
    Groans
    331
    Groaned 2,985 Times in 2,707 Posts
    Blog Entries
    2

    Default

    IBM has 100 high schools across the country that it is providing a 13th and 14th year of training. When the student graduates from high school they get jobs in Tech. Coursework done online is less than half the price of providing courses on a campus.

  12. #83 | Top
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    Columbus, Ohio
    Posts
    55,018
    Thanks
    15,249
    Thanked 19,001 Times in 13,040 Posts
    Groans
    307
    Groaned 1,147 Times in 1,092 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Bigdog View Post
    Colleges are already filled to capacity. How many new colleges will have to be built and when will they be ready to accept students for free? ... 10 years from now???
    As many as it takes and why think of all the laborers we can put to work making a living middle class wage building those schools where students will attend and learn skills to become entrepreneurs, tradesmen, technologist/technicians, etc. Why it's a big win, win!
    You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic!

  13. The Following User Says Thank You to Mott the Hoople For This Post:

    Phantasmal (11-11-2017)

  14. #84 | Top
    Join Date
    Jan 2013
    Location
    West end Of The Erie Canal
    Posts
    2,322
    Thanks
    290
    Thanked 737 Times in 591 Posts
    Groans
    67
    Groaned 371 Times in 328 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Mott the Hoople View Post
    Not really...it's just you never learned critical thinking skills...or apparently math either.

    Look it's not free for the taxpayers. It's free for the students but it's a sound investment as those with college degrees and technical trade skills earn on average over their career double to triple what someone with just a high school education will earn. So though it's a substantial investment upfront, just like high school, the back end ROI is huge with those who receive the free education paying far more tax dollars over their life than they would have otherwise.

    So unlike your Santa Clause/Easter Bunny/Great Pumpkin like faith in mythologies like Supply Side Economics growing the economy investing in education has actually proven to grow our economy and the middle class.

    To bad you missed that train, huh?
    And each and every one thoroughly indoctrinated in far Left Communist "I hate America" ideology, is the true objective here.

    THE OFFICIAL FLAG OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY

  15. #85 | Top
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    Columbus, Ohio
    Posts
    55,018
    Thanks
    15,249
    Thanked 19,001 Times in 13,040 Posts
    Groans
    307
    Groaned 1,147 Times in 1,092 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Bigdog View Post
    Public education in liberal controlled cities produces graduates that can't read or write. Guess you get what you pay for

    What high school did you attend?
    Why do you give a rats ass? It's obvious that higher education is meaningless to you or you would have availed yourself to it....assuming you had the ability.
    You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic!

  16. #86 | Top
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    Columbus, Ohio
    Posts
    55,018
    Thanks
    15,249
    Thanked 19,001 Times in 13,040 Posts
    Groans
    307
    Groaned 1,147 Times in 1,092 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by RB 60 View Post
    Here in PA, our then Democrat governor legalized gambling, saying the proceeds would cut property taxes. My property taxes have risen every year since...
    Well duh! LOL
    You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic!

  17. #87 | Top
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    Columbus, Ohio
    Posts
    55,018
    Thanks
    15,249
    Thanked 19,001 Times in 13,040 Posts
    Groans
    307
    Groaned 1,147 Times in 1,092 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by noise View Post
    Why colleges with billions of dollars still charge tuition
    http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/04/pf/c...aid/index.html

    Donald Trump says the richest colleges could be charging you less for tuition, and punishing those schools is how he plans to tackle the rising cost of college.

    He's not the only one questioning whether wealthy universities with big endowments are charging their students way too much money. A congressional committee is currently looking into the issue, asking the richest colleges to explain how much of their endowments are actually spent on students, in a way that lowers their tuition cost.
    Great! I'm all for it. Parents and tuition have been a bottomless well for Academia in both the public and private sphere. I'd like to see them held accountable to their administrative costs. Whatever works. I'm all for greater investment in education. The more people with more skills the better off our country is.
    You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic!

  18. #88 | Top
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    Columbus, Ohio
    Posts
    55,018
    Thanks
    15,249
    Thanked 19,001 Times in 13,040 Posts
    Groans
    307
    Groaned 1,147 Times in 1,092 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Real McCoy View Post
    Florida said if we approved the lottery it would fund most of our schools and our school taxes would go down same as you school taxes just kept rising.
    Hold them accountable.
    You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic!

  19. #89 | Top
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    Columbus, Ohio
    Posts
    55,018
    Thanks
    15,249
    Thanked 19,001 Times in 13,040 Posts
    Groans
    307
    Groaned 1,147 Times in 1,092 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by noise View Post
    ?? free college is not free stuff?
    Was your public education free stuff? No...it's an investment our society as a whole made in you and many other individuals as a good education is almost always a sound investment.
    You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic!

  20. The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Mott the Hoople For This Post:

    Cypress (11-10-2017), ThatOwlWoman (11-11-2017)

  21. #90 | Top
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    Columbus, Ohio
    Posts
    55,018
    Thanks
    15,249
    Thanked 19,001 Times in 13,040 Posts
    Groans
    307
    Groaned 1,147 Times in 1,092 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    Do you know the who the only people are that I have ever heard complaining and crying about public funding for college?

    Yep, that's right. Barely educated, bitter, Republican nit wits.
    I wouldn't have put it that harshly but it is hard to give credibility to people who themselves do not see the advantages of advanced education nor participated in it themselves.
    You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic!

  22. The Following User Says Thank You to Mott the Hoople For This Post:

    Cypress (11-10-2017)

Similar Threads

  1. Replies: 1
    Last Post: 02-03-2017, 09:23 AM
  2. Replies: 45
    Last Post: 06-27-2016, 05:59 AM
  3. Replies: 21
    Last Post: 04-29-2016, 05:51 PM
  4. Detroit mayor announces 2 FREE years of college to all HS graduates
    By Text Drivers are Killers in forum Current Events Forum
    Replies: 28
    Last Post: 03-24-2016, 01:08 PM
  5. Obama - Make community college free
    By Chapdog in forum Current Events Forum
    Replies: 72
    Last Post: 11-20-2007, 02:13 PM

Bookmarks

Posting Rules

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •