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re: Barack Obama cracks down on for-profit colleges: Why do it this way?
Posted on 3/14/14 at 8:22 am to C
Posted on 3/14/14 at 8:22 am to C
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There are shitty worthless majors at for profits AND traditional colleges.
NYU ....
The above article illustrates how this is going on at traditional colleges. The girl in the article came from a poor background. Her mother was a waitress. And, yet, NYU allowed this girl to rack up $100K in loans majoring in ... get this ... Women's and Religious studies.
What the f*ck were they thinking ... NYU, the girl and her mother?
When someone is picking a major -- even at a highly respected school -- there should be some sort of counseling to determine if this major will allow a student to pay back the massive amount of debt that will be needed to get a worthless degree.
Posted on 3/14/14 at 8:28 am to MMauler
quote:I completely agree, but it isn't the colleges that are the issue here. They are getting paid. They are simply existing in a system which favors their current practices.
When someone is picking a major -- even at a highly respected school -- there should be some sort of counseling to determine if this major will allow a student to pay back the massive amount of debt that will be needed to get a worthless degree.
quote:FIFY
What the f*ck were they thinking ... the government, the girl and her mother?
NYU was thinking intelligently. They aren't stiffed 100k in tuition. The morons are the girl, her mom, and the idiots in the government who gave her the loan in the first place.
quote:After reading your article, who are these lenders? I'm curious to see who the idiots who loaned her the money are.
Meanwhile, universities like N.Y.U. enrolled students without asking many questions about whether they could afford a $50,000 annual tuition bill. Then the colleges introduced the students to lenders who underwrote big loans without any idea of what the students might earn someday — just like the mortgage lenders who didn’t ask borrowers to verify their incomes.
quote:See, this is part of the moronic mindset that keeps us in the current position.
But perhaps the biggest share lies with colleges and universities because they have the most knowledge of the financial aid process. And I would argue that they had an obligation to counsel students like Ms. Munna, who got in too far over their heads.
Why is it the college's responsibility to counsel her? They did not force her to take that loan out, nor did they force the loaner to give her the money.
The two parties at fault here are the girl and the company that loaned her the money to begin with.
This post was edited on 3/14/14 at 8:36 am
Posted on 3/14/14 at 8:32 am to MMauler
Is the government loaning students money so they can have better lives or are they loaning money to gain control over their lives?
Posted on 3/14/14 at 8:33 am to MMauler
Obama did say that now that health insurance doesn't hold people back that they are free to pursue their dreams of getting that PhD in a field of their choosing or any other thing they were held back from since they wouldn't be tied down to their old jobs.
A want, how does it feel to shite on people's dreams
A want, how does it feel to shite on people's dreams
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