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Free College Is Now a Reality in Nearly 30 States - LevelUP - 04-11-2022
Free college is now a reality in nearly 30 states
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/08/free-college-is-now-a-reality-in-nearly-30-states.html
RE: Free College Is Now a Reality in Nearly 30 States - Vle045 - 04-11-2022
I’m jealous.
RE: Free College Is Now a Reality in Nearly 30 States - dfrecore - 04-11-2022
Free - AKA "the F word" in my house. That's Taxpayer-funded college. Not getting into a debate over whether this is good or not, just correcting that "free" thing.
RE: Free College Is Now a Reality in Nearly 30 States - Blckbuster - 04-12-2022
I've paid tons of taxes for decades with my money going to nonsense. I approve of using my money to educate the country.
RE: Free College Is Now a Reality in Nearly 30 States - rachel83az - 04-12-2022
You've gotta pay taxes anyway. Why not get something out of it, rather than just watch the military spending budget bloat even more?
RE: Free College Is Now a Reality in Nearly 30 States - ReyMysterioso - 04-13-2022
Well if you really want to drill down to it, most of the knowledge taught in college is essentially readily available for almost free. Sometimes I wonder how we all got roped into paying all this money to learn what we could just learn for next to nothing.
RE: Free College Is Now a Reality in Nearly 30 States - Pats20 - 04-13-2022
(04-13-2022, 09:19 AM)raycathode Wrote: Well if you really want to drill down to it, most of the knowledge taught in college is essentially readily available for almost free. Sometimes I wonder how we all got roped into paying all this money to learn what we could just learn for next to nothing.
It’s a money racket. Just like $300 text books. How many $300 books do you see at Books a Million ?
RE: Free College Is Now a Reality in Nearly 30 States - Vle045 - 04-13-2022
If we always do what we’ve always done, we’ll always get what we’ve always got.
These free/nearly free options weren’t always readily available like they are now. We just gotta keep spreading the word. I do often wonder why online programs aren’t less expensive. I would imagine it costs less for the university…. But I really don’t know.
RE: Free College Is Now a Reality in Nearly 30 States - dfrecore - 04-13-2022
(04-13-2022, 09:19 AM)raycathode Wrote: Well if you really want to drill down to it, most of the knowledge taught in college is essentially readily available for almost free. Sometimes I wonder how we all got roped into paying all this money to learn what we could just learn for next to nothing.
I agree that this is the case NOW, but I don't think it was always so. I'd say over the last 20 years or so.
RE: Free College Is Now a Reality in Nearly 30 States - bjcheung77 - 04-13-2022
Blckbuster Wrote:I've paid tons of taxes for decades with my money going to nonsense. I approve of using my money to educate the country.
rachel83az Wrote:You've gotta pay taxes anyway. Why not get something out of it, rather than just watch the military spending budget bloat even more?
+1, I do agree... Having said that, they need a "better" budget and system to utilize the funds more effectively. Some government divisions are spending money as if it's "nothing" or growing on trees. Say a government organization needs X million to upgrade their computer systems, instead of looking for a good budget set of systems, they're investing in companies that upsell their products and services.
I'd like them to propose changes that will make use of money/resources better... Here's an example, this person spent probably $1,000 on parts for his experiment to see if he can create a $300 iphone, he was successful. I would have been cheaper just to buy the iphone instead of getting all these extra spare parts. Government agencies are doing just that, extra fluff and it's not needed... https://gineersnow.com/industries/consumer-electronics/engineer-built-iphone-using-chinese-spare-parts-300