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6. Why education can never be "for-profit"

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Thu Nov 15, 2012, 09:43 AM

Nov 2012

The best way to ensure continued cash flow is to not teach the student as much as they can learn. If it's possible to teach in 4 years what others can teach in 2, then you get an extra 2 years' worth of tuition.

Schools should not be "for-profit". They should be "from-profit", like it's an investment, which is what public schools are: an investment by society to benefit society.

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Without Romney To Shield Them, For-Profit Colleges Must Face Reality [View all] unhappycamper Nov 2012 OP

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so MrYikes Nov 2012 #4

I hope they fade away Stargazer09 Nov 2012 #5

Why education can never be "for-profit" adieu Nov 2012 #6

I believe I heard on the radio that Australia's system works that way Thor_MN Nov 2012 #8

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