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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Top Opinion
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rustyshackelford 2012/07/11 23:08:27
We already foot the bill for 12 years of school. Let people pay for their own college.
Woe to those blacks who have minds and can think and understand reality. This is part of the reason so many non-blacks get so frustrated at the black community. Those with good sense are told to shut-up and those like this woman have their ramblings promoted so that other non-thinking blacks hopefully will buy into it.
If you want it changed, don't let the liberals and democrats keep you dumb and dependent.
But not to go to college, how Ironic...
Being an American doesn't mean that we roll over and let those who WANT take from those who EARN. And I don't think that even Christ would recommend people attend today's unGodly colleges and universities. God doesn't expect us to be publically educated, but will give us the knowledge we need to do what He calls us to do.
That said, the cost of a higher education is outrageous, and there needs to be some sort of regulation.
Take care,
Why not pay for your own HIGHER education? The American taxpayer should not have to subsidize your pursuit of happiness. If a higher education will make you happy, get one....but pay for it yourself!
A higher education is REQUIRED/NEEDED through an OBLIGATORY monetary means. I would gladly pay/use a library for my own education if there was a self-learning avenue which wouldn't REQUIRE me to go through the COLLEGE SYSTEM which DICTATES my personal FREEDOMS. I would be more than happy to LEARN on my own, and obtain my degree through LIKEWISE channels. Is there such an obtain? No, therefore it is INFRINGING on my CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. There is no option which is outside of the college system and which doesn't require exuberant amounts of cash.
Now you talk about a lot of things are regulated that are NOT part of our basic rights, yet this IS.
Why not pay 80,000 dollars like a hostage for my future which shouldn't come at a price-tag at all because its a basic REQUIREMENT for LIFE. Do I have to pay for my right to speak? My right to have a fair trail? My right to freedom of expression? What? Suddenly freedoms are only freedoms and rights are only constitutional rights when they don't involve money? That's absurd. The price-tag college places on our future is profuse and outlandish. What's more, there shouldn't be any price tag on it at all as knowledge is a basic...
A higher education is REQUIRED/NEEDED through an OBLIGATORY monetary means. I would gladly pay/use a library for my own education if there was a self-learning avenue which wouldn't REQUIRE me to go through the COLLEGE SYSTEM which DICTATES my personal FREEDOMS. I would be more than happy to LEARN on my own, and obtain my degree through LIKEWISE channels. Is there such an obtain? No, therefore it is INFRINGING on my CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. There is no option which is outside of the college system and which doesn't require exuberant amounts of cash.
Now you talk about a lot of things are regulated that are NOT part of our basic rights, yet this IS.
Why not pay 80,000 dollars like a hostage for my future which shouldn't come at a price-tag at all because its a basic REQUIREMENT for LIFE. Do I have to pay for my right to speak? My right to have a fair trail? My right to freedom of expression? What? Suddenly freedoms are only freedoms and rights are only constitutional rights when they don't involve money? That's absurd. The price-tag college places on our future is profuse and outlandish. What's more, there shouldn't be any price tag on it at all as knowledge is a basic need which everyone should have access too.
History has shown that withholding education to people based on whatever means has always been used for oppression and subjugation. Therefore, supporting such a thing goes against our foundation and constitution as it stands. Moreover, since trails are long and costly, and a fair trial even more so. Should that negate a person's right, who can't afford it, to have a fair trail? No. Yet, by your logic, a defendant would need money in order to enact his fair trail, as it is HIS TRAIL. Absurd? I think so.
Take care,