Gary Varvel by Gary Varvel

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  1. rekam

    rekamGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    It seems ironic that at the same time that this country needs all the well-educated people it can get in order to compete globally, we make it more and more difficult for our young people (and even some older ones) to achieve the goal of a college education. Too many wind up in a deep financial hole and graduate not just with a B.A. or B.S., but with a mountain of debt. What irks me particularly is the huge jump in tuition at state universities, which are supposed to provide higher education at low cost for those who can meet the academic requirements. We need to do something to see that our younger people can get the higher education they need. As a senior, I’m grateful that I could get a college education at modest cost. I was able to attend UCLA during the 1950s, and my tuition was $42 a semester. I realize that times have changed, but looking at what attending any campus of the University of California can cost, it can be discouraging for many high school students. We need a better system if we want a qualified work force and can stop bringing in people from elsewhere to do the jobs our people should be able to do.

  2. oldlegodad

    oldlegodadGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    Fortunately my younger son has and will not have to worry about tuition debt but it is as a result of a large life insurance legacy to me from his older brother that we lost in 2007.

  3. cjr53

    cjr53 said, 3 months ago

    It is made more and more difficult so that the wealthy wealthy continue to have the advantage.

    Sorry for your loss oldlegodad.

  4. BOB HASTY

    BOB HASTYGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    Thanks to Ronald Reagan, the tradition of publicly funded educational institutions are become extinct in the U.S.A. Today’s billionaires are ignoring the truth that the best protection from the rabble stealing their “stuff” is an “educated public.” The framers of our constitution believed this. But since 1980, we are guaranteeing anarchy and mayhem, ignorance and tyranny, and the destruction of society by refusing to provide the next generation a free eduction. Just watch recent Town Hall Meetings. This is the future of this country until wiser heads prevail.

  5. wbr

    wbr said, 3 months ago

    barkley college has no tution

  6. tpenna

    tpennaGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    ANandy, I think what you’re picking up on there is called correlation, not causation.

  7. fennec

    fennec said, 3 months ago

    It has already been pointed out in another cartoon today that ANandy does not distinguish between correlation and causal correlation. Doesn’t seem to get through to him though…

  8. David

    DavidGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    Anyone wonder why Ramen Noodles are such a hit with college students? They’re scraping by as it is and have been for a long time.

    Not a surprise, though. The dude in the suit hasn’t had to do that in far too long.