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BadgerKid

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16. What 'they' tell us

Reply to Selatius (Reply #3)

Tue May 8, 2012, 08:11 AM

May 2012

is that in order to attract and retain the best faculty, tuition must go up and worker benefits must get reduced. Research funding from government sources keeps getting more difficult.

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Rmoney says that college students want handouts. [View all] RandySF May 2012 OP

"Free" loans? I guess the .001% really are different from the rest of us. DCKit May 2012 #1

Sounds odd coming from somebody wo has gotten everything free his whole life. nt limpyhobbler May 2012 #2

My thoughts exactly. Quantess May 2012 #5

One way the government could lower tuition costs is require vigorous audits of account ledgers. Selatius May 2012 #3

Please make a thread from this comment. Zalatix May 2012 #4

Mittens would never interfere with the 1% getting unworldly profits Skittles May 2012 #6

I saw on tv yesterday MrYikes May 2012 #7

+1000 aquart May 2012 #12

What 'they' tell us BadgerKid May 2012 #16

Free stuff???? longship May 2012 #8

lower tuition cost by increasing competition between universities. jeez. what a great idea. HiPointDem May 2012 #9

"increasing competition between universities" wtf? David__77 May 2012 #10

"Competition between universities"????? aquart May 2012 #11

How can the pollsters even claim this race is close? liberal N proud May 2012 #13

A bizzare notion quaker bill May 2012 #14

How is Rmoney proposing to "increase competition" between universities? treestar May 2012 #15