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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: Message auto-removed [View all]LisaM
(28,352 posts)16. Nothing is free.
I do think we need to seriously evaluate where we lost our path and definitely restore affordability. Make Community College free, and make transfer to atate universities more widely available to people within that state. Cut the administrative bloat. Lower tuition, and cut out some of the fancy meal plans and other amenities. We had perfectly adequate food service with multiple choices at every meal, but I have been to college cafeterias fairly recently and they are over the top. I counted 31 choices at the cafeteria I visited with my friend's son and other campuses are the same!
I do think it's highly overpriced and we need to fix it.
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Gotta do something to remain competitive in a Global Economy when competing countries do it.
TheBlackAdder
Apr 2019
#23
Also, Classical Liberal Arts in Jeffersonian Tradition - the love of all Knowledge n/t
MarcA
Apr 2019
#42
Harvard has made itself free for students from families making less than $150K
Recursion
Apr 2019
#36
Ridiculous argument. The wealthy will always send their kids to elite private schools.
Hassin Bin Sober
Apr 2019
#31
Labeling anything like this "free" will open the Democrats to ridicule from the GOP
Freethinker65
Apr 2019
#5
No, because I'm not asking for 'free' and it never could be 'free' so it's a dumb rallying cry
mr_lebowski
Apr 2019
#26
Lower the tuition's (not free) so that people can work part time and still pay off their
Peacetrain
Apr 2019
#7
Agree...add trade schools to for folks who don't want college like in Germany
WA-03 Democrat
Apr 2019
#9
As late as the early 90's I was paying $325/quarter in tuition at a Cal State college ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2019
#17
After looking recently at what it costs today to go where I went in late 60s, I don't see how people
Hoyt
Apr 2019
#19
Free college without income limits is a disaster... community college can be be free in fact some
Demsrule86
Apr 2019
#24
And with some shitty schools in poor neighborhoods who do you think will pass the tests? You will
Demsrule86
Apr 2019
#39