Gary Varvel for August 18, 2023

How about community college or trade school?

But it is con-serves such as Varvel who are against reducing that financial burden.

University tuition is a classic example of inelastic demand. They raise the tuition, not because it costs more to provide a good education, but because when they raise the price, the demand stays stable… or in some cases actually rises.

If you think education is expensive, wait until you try ignorance.

Ok boomer

What does Varvel believe should be done?

Something? Nothing?

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Ooohh, I know, I know. Elect Republicans!!! Because when Republicans were in power, college became SOoooo much more affordable.

Just another mindless complaint from Varvel.

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And I guess he never heard about any indictments.

Save you money, son. Get a trade-oriented Associate’s degree from a state college in a growing industry like wind turbine maintenace or flight simulator operations. This gets you earning your own money two years earlier, and you won’t waste your time and money listening to the opinions of a bunch of loser professors who have never been more than 50 yards away from their mothers’ basements. Both of my sons took this path, and they’re now earning well into six figures.

No wonder the parents are crying. The safe with their savings will go to a Dean, I mean, to fund an useless arts degree, I mean, to fund a nice liberal education.

There are affordable options, mastersportal dot com point out in article 2672 …

" … Norway is known for its stable economy and high living standards. But did you know the country also provides excellent quality higher education taught in English? On top of that, all of the public universities in Norway offer free studies for international students!

One of the other European countries with free college options is Germany. This study destination has a wide range of public universities that are free of charge for all foreign students. The only exception is universities in the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg. In this area, you can expect a study fee of about 3,000 EUR/year for non-EU/EEA students.

You might be surprised, but studying in France can be economical! The French government has set a fixed tuition fee for all public universities in the country, resulting in some study options being less than 300 EUR/year. And if you can’t find any suitable options there, private colleges also offer excellent education only for higher tuition fees.

Furthermore, in French universities, there are many English-taught programmes for Master’s and Bachelor’s students. You can discover degrees ranging from history and literature to business and tech. There are plenty of options to choose from!

Taiwan’s academic resources and future job prospects have made Taiwan an attractive study destination for many foreign students. Taiwanese public colleges start from around 700 EUR per academic year! Meanwhile, the government of Taiwan offers numerous scholarships to make the study experience even more affordable.

Furthermore, people in Taiwan are generally described as welcoming and friendly, making foreigners feel at home. And if not the locals,

In Brazil, most federal and state institutions are universities charging no tuition fee. Apart from that, some municipal governments tend to run smaller institutes where tuition payment is asked. …."

Hey, Varvel is supporting more money for colleges and federal limits on tuition! He’s a socialist now!

If you think state universities are expensive, wait until you try a private university.

Don’t worry, he’ll be back in 3 weeks with a sack of dirty laundry.

Likely the parents 15 years ago would have vote against a state senator who advocated a $100 annual tax increase to provide for nominal tuition at the state universities.

There certainly is an element of truth about this cartoon. I just finished sending two great kids back to university. And even with great scholarships that they both earned to offset the tuition, our bank account took a hit in the process. The cost of getting an advanced degree is becoming out of reach for families of modest means.

Democrats have suggested making two years of Community College free for all citizens. Then you can transfer those credits to a four-year institution and finish your degree. Republicans should join them and pass this in the House and Senate. Call it an investment in our country’s future.

Because as quizotlc1 stated earlier: “If you think education is expensive, wait until you try ignorance.”

Keep trying to sell Bidenomics. It’ll guarantee a republican in the White House in Jan 2025.With soaring gas prices, surging food prices, high interest rates, and rampant inflation, it’s no wonder that President Joe Biden and the Democrats have had a difficult time selling “Bidenomics.” And after the recent Fitch credit rating downgrade, this negative perception of the country’s economy was reinforced by many voters. A recent poll revealed that nearly half of voters felt the “economy is in poor condition” and believed that voting Biden out of office would help turn it around.

According to a Rasmussen Poll, 48% of “likely U.S. voters” felt that Biden losing in the 2024 presidential election would be good for the country’s economy. Conversely, the poll results showed that 34% of voters felt Biden losing would be “bad for the economy,” and 8% said his defeat wouldn’t affect it.

Another way to get an education is military service and the G.I. Bill. Worked for me and many others with no other options for higher education.

Speaking from expierience Varvel?

When Mom and Dad went to state college in the 1980s, tuition, room and board was about $4000: about $11,000 in 2023 dollars. Now, tuition, room and board is about $26,000.

True. There are so many people out there with college degrees the income out of College is now down to around $52 grand a year after four years in college. That is if you can find work. A lot of grads start out at $18 an hour when they can’t. The best chance these days is a business degree.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the annual cost of tuition, Fees and Room & Board EXCLUDING INFLATION has grown by 180% in the last 50 years. Isn´t it strange that in the exact period that the internet has made so much information (and courses) available online, we are paying so much more to ATTEND college? Why do we, as a nation, value onsite education so much? Students claim that they are doing into debt in order to sit in lectures from professors so poor that they have to go online afterwards to study anyway. So, why do it? What is the Grand Conspiracy that says that we have to spend do much on learning institutions? Just Sayin´…

Learning a trade can leave you with NO debt and a job that pays $80,000.00/year.

‘I’m not wanted’: Florida universities hit by brain drain as academics flee

The provost, Bradley Thiessen, described the number of faculty openings as “ridiculously high”, and the disclosure was the latest evidence of a brain drain afflicting colleges and universities throughout the Sunshine state.

Trans people, students and teachers are besieged by DeSantis’s crusade. But he’s not done yet

Governor Ron DeSantis opened 2023 with the appointment of six political allies to the college’s 13-member board of trustees who vowed to drastically alter the supposedly “woke”-friendly learning environment on its Sarasota campus. At its first meeting in late January, the revamped panel voted to fire the college president, Patricia Okker, without cause and appoint a former Republican state legislator and education commissioner in her place.

In a statement given to 10 Tampa Bay about faculty vacancies that was issued earlier this month, NCF officials said that six of the openings were caused by staff resignations and one-quarter of the faculty member departures “followed the changes in the New College board of trustees”. One of those resignations was submitted by Liz Leininger, an associate professor of neurobiology who says she started looking for an exit strategy as soon as she learned about the DeSantis appointments in the first week of 2023.

“All of the legislation surrounding higher education in Florida is chilling and terrifying,” said Leininger, who is rejoining the biology department at St Mary’s College in Maryland this fall where she had been teaching before moving to central Florida. “Imagine scientists who are studying climate change, imagine an executive branch that denies climate change – they could use these laws to intimidate or dismiss those scientists.”

And how about this little bombshell. The committee wants “any document or communication in which a pseudonym for Vice President Joe Biden was included either as a sender, recipient, copied or was included in the contents of the document or communication, including but not limited to Robert Peters, Robin Ware, and JRB Ware.” Now why would Joe Biden send a note to the Pres. of Ukraine, and copy Hunter, using a fake name, if everything were on the up and up. MUCH more coming out on this!!!

I don’t think it’s wise for parents to crater their savings to send their kids to college. They will need those later when they’re on fixed incomes. It’s good to help to the degree they preserve a nest egg, but if that’s impossible, it’s best to start them out in community colleges or trades, then encourage them to work on the side/take out loans for further education… bonus if they get good grades and qualify for scholarships.

Why is college so expensive? 4 reasons for the ever-rising costsOct 16, 2020Oct. 16, Today by Maura Hohman

Tuition and the total cost of attending a school are different, all three experts stressed… Generally speaking, tuition covers “anything that’s delivering the education aspect,” Helhoski said. This usually includes: faculty salaries, institutional support, research, student services, campus maintenance and more.

I’m certain there are more reasons.

I suggest starting with a trade school, or Job Corps.

The cost of higher education skyrocketed after Ronnie Ray-gun began cutting off Federal support for colleges and universities.

It isn’t most state universities that are so expensive (relatively speaking)— it’s private, often for-profit colleges.

One problem that no one talks about is “For profit” universities and colleges that take students’ money without providing them the education promised and/or the work opportunities promised.

Another problem is the predatory loans developed by the U.S. government with interest rates that would make a loan shark blush. These loans are designed to prevent the student from being able to declare bankruptcy, so the student basically becomes an indentured servant, unable to get free of their debt.

Look up “Student loans in the United States” on Wikipedia for more information.

Just so you know the Biden/Harris administration is still trying to help solve this problem. “Biden-Harris Administration Begins Discharges for 804,000 Borrowers with $39 Billion in Automatic Loan Forgiveness as a Result of Fixes to Income-Driven Repayment Plans”

Go to U.S. Department of Education web site for more information.

Over priced is right.

When we saw an explosion in Public colleges and universities in the 50s and 60s tuition was subsidized by the state with the idea that the state would get money back with from the higher taxes paid by higher wage earners.

To all of you right wing nut jobs that want to Make America Great AGAIN lets return to subsiding tuition