Should College Be a Constitutional Right?
AdriHead
2012/07/11 22:38:43
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We all know student loans can be killer. And though Congress recently announced a tentative deal that would prevent student loan rates from doubling, according to a recent poll, that's still not enough for the average American.
A national poll done by the Carnegie Corporation of New York found that most Americans (76 percent) believe that access to higher education should be a constitutional right. Additionally, 67 percent believe that the cost of college is the biggest barrier to that access. It's a controversial issue, but it has to be asked: Do you think easier access to college should be a constitutional right for all Americans?
GOOD.IS reports:
A national poll done by the Carnegie Corporation of New York found that most Americans (76 percent) believe that access to higher education should be a constitutional right. Additionally, 67 percent believe that the cost of college is the biggest barrier to that access. It's a controversial issue, but it has to be asked: Do you think easier access to college should be a constitutional right for all Americans?
GOOD.IS reports:
A deeply divided Congress gives us little hope, but 150 years ago an equally partisan climate produced some of the nation's top public universities.
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rustyshackelford 2012/07/11 23:08:27
By your standards, a nurse where I live would suffer an additional tax.
PS...Jail? where did you get jail from?. Have a big bowl of paranoia puffs for breakfast did we?...
I always love the ITT Tech commercials, that go on and on about how you will learn "cutting edge" technology, and job skills for the future. I know several of their "cutting edge" students. They said to hell with it, and enrolled in their local trade school, simply because the curriculum was very comparable, and tuition was a third the price ( and yes, I am being generous). And I do have to ask. ITT or MIT? You do the math (if you perform at an MIT level).
My most fundamental worry about education is this. How many potential Einstein, Hawking and Edison's, go unnoticed, simply because they could not afford the tuition?...Just a thought...
1.) Access to college education should be a constitutional right. You should be free to do anything that is not deemed a violation of the law, and no law should ever prevent you from partaking in an event that harms no one.
2.) Payment for college, however, should not be government provided. This is not a constitutional right.
-It is a constitutional right to be provided an opportunity to work for money or goods exchanged, but not to receive a paycheck without cause.
-It is a constitutional right to have access to health care that is affordable, but not to have it paid for without reason or be forced to buy it.
I did all of this and still ended up with debt. Unless you have a lot of money or got some good scholarships, you *will* rack up debt by going to college.
>They choose the debt. How the hell is that anyone else's fault?
Any good paying job (or hell, any job in general nowadays) almost requires college.
>Why should others have to pay for their choice?
Because we should all care for one another, and because it's a better thing to spend money on than half of what we're spending it on now.
>The main reason college has become so expensive is because all people have to do is sign on the line for student loans.
...Because college is super expensive. It's a vicious cycle.
>Universities have become resorts work elaborate buildings, gymnasiums that are like water parks or spas, and on and on.
That doesn't even make sense. So a school having an on campus gym is a terrible thing now?
>Nobody is entitled to anything. They can earn it like anyone else.
You aren't "entitled" for wanting to go to college and earn a better place in life.
>Look what the federal government has done to our K-12 education. It is pathetic. People graduate that can't even read.
Our schools do suck, but that isn't relevant. College is different.
ISU students are among the most indebted in the nation upon graduation.
Supporters of the proposed $52.8 million recreation plan — billed as an "extreme makeover" on ISU's Web site — say they compete for students with universities in Iowa and across the country that boast higher rock-climbing walls, more expansive weight room space, and more numerous exercise rooms.
College costs have increased while universities compete to build state-of-the-art facilities that could entice students to choose their schools.
ISU officials said they have fallen behind in the race.
The University of Iowa just started construction on a $70 million athletic building that will also feature an indoor leisure pool with a slide, a hot tub and a rock-climbing area in the water.
The University of Northern Iowa's 10-year-old, $18 million Wellness and Recreation Center also boasts a leisure pool with a 138-foot water slide and a "bubble couch," an elevated place in the pool where water shoots out.
In the Midwest, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is contemplating up to $87.2 million in campus recreation projects, which could include an ice-skating arena and various renovations and expansions. It could also encompass the creation of space for a 66-foot climbing wall and an "inhalation room,"...
ISU students are among the most indebted in the nation upon graduation.
Supporters of the proposed $52.8 million recreation plan — billed as an "extreme makeover" on ISU's Web site — say they compete for students with universities in Iowa and across the country that boast higher rock-climbing walls, more expansive weight room space, and more numerous exercise rooms.
College costs have increased while universities compete to build state-of-the-art facilities that could entice students to choose their schools.
ISU officials said they have fallen behind in the race.
The University of Iowa just started construction on a $70 million athletic building that will also feature an indoor leisure pool with a slide, a hot tub and a rock-climbing area in the water.
The University of Northern Iowa's 10-year-old, $18 million Wellness and Recreation Center also boasts a leisure pool with a 138-foot water slide and a "bubble couch," an elevated place in the pool where water shoots out.
In the Midwest, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is contemplating up to $87.2 million in campus recreation projects, which could include an ice-skating arena and various renovations and expansions. It could also encompass the creation of space for a 66-foot climbing wall and an "inhalation room," where students could spend time amid eucalyptus vapors, which help clear up the sinuses, said Stan Campbell, director of campus recreation.
The University of Missouri-Columbia also just finished a $49.2 million recreation complex, paid for with student fees increased $74 per semester. The Mizzou Student Recreation Complex has four group exercise studios, a 20,000-square-foot fitness center and a leisure pool called the Tiger Grotto with a hot tub and waterfall area.
Nearly 200 campuses nationally said in a 2006 survey by the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association that they planned recreation construction in the next five years, estimated to cost $3.1 billion.
This is not a gym. It is another example of the wasst too easy of access to money at Universities is, and shows that if the federal government gets involved, it will egt worse.
And yes, it's wasteful spending in some cases. It shouldn't, however, come down on the students (like increased rates).
Yeah, I did all of that, and I'm still $40,000 in the hole. Welcome to America.
2. Schools know that these things will significantly drive up costs but that students will irresponsibly sign that line on their student loans to go to 'cooler' schools and rack up massive debt. it is a clear symptom of the problem. Schools have absolutely o incentive to keep tuition costs low between state and federal subsidies and essay access to massive student loans. Why should we have to pay to send kids to resorts that provide housing, food, resort like amenities, and then the tuition is about half the total cost they are racking up.