fewer than half of the African-American and Hispanic students in New York public colleges graduate within six years. well... an extra year or two of remedial reading "see spot run", arithmetic and english grammar is still no guarantee of graduation
Posted on 04/14/2017 2:16:04 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
The award for the worst public policy idea of the year goes to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Cuomo presides over a state with a rich diversity of educational institutions. But he also presides over a state, like all states, where many students don’t complete college and where many are unprepared for the information economy. For example, fewer than half of the African-American and Hispanic students in New York public colleges graduate within six years.
Cuomo could have done many things to improve New York’s higher ed system. He could have poured all available money into the Tuition Assistance Program, which is directed at poorer students. He could have spent more to help students become academically ready for college, which is the biggest barrier to graduation. He could have done more to help students pay room and board expenses. He could have massively improved overstretched mental health services. He could have massively improved career counseling.
But in 2016 Bernie Sanders made a big splash on the campaign trail with a plan to make college “free.” So Cuomo proposed and on Wednesday signed legislation to make tuition free at New York public colleges for anybody coming from a family making no more than $100,000 a year, with the cap rising to $125,000 in 2019. . .
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When even David Brooks is against a liberal idea, you know that it has to be REALLY bad. Free education. It sounds great. Now if you can just get all of those compassionate liberal profs to work for free, then it might work out fine.
There are six-year colleges? When I went to college, it was four years. If they can't graduate from a four-year college in six years, maybe they shouldn't be there.
There are six-year colleges?
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Master’s Degrees for the Climate Change students.
Don’t laugh, that is a very real major.
What’s a long term budget for this policy look like > Billions and billions I suspect .
It would make more sense to improve public high schools with Vocational Training programs that qualify students for apprenticeships in the trades and in manufacturing.
Undoubtedly, there’s a scam here. And the taxpayers are the scam-ee.
People who drop in and out of college because of lack of funds. I’m in culinary school which has a two-year AA degree. It takes the average grad (at my school) three years to complete ‘cause the kids need to work instead of going to school full time.
I haven’t heard what the price tag will be for a family who exceeds the income limit.
“If upper-middle-class students are drawn away to public colleges, private ones may close.”
The family income cap is $100,000.00 a year——that’s hardly UPPER-MIDDLE class.
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With taxpayer funds of course.
Hmmm. I take it you’re unfamiliar with the “reguired course - upper class men only-taught one semester- every other year- limited seating” scam; among others,that some academic “institutions” use to keep that tuition money rolling in?? ;). It’s been going on since the late 60’s that I know of.
Interesting, so someone can take all the b.s. “studies” courses and still not be able to get themselves to a degree in 6 yrs. Impressive!!
Ethnic Studies, Womyn’s Studies, Afro-American Studies, Hispanic Studies, Gay-Lesbian-Queer-Nation Studies, Transgender Studies, etc. etc.
It’s moments like this that make me smile when I remember the day after Obama was elected cancelling my DBA in NYS!
walking talking scum like his dad
And be sure not to forget the minor in, for example, Sub-Saharan Homoerotic Dance. That’s what makes an African ‘Studies’ degree complete and so valuable in today’s workplace. :=)
fewer than half of the African-American and Hispanic students in New York public colleges graduate within six years. well... an extra year or two of remedial reading "see spot run", arithmetic and english grammar is still no guarantee of graduation
I think it means obtaining a bachelor’s degree in 6 years.
Yes, that exists, but I bet that’s not the real reason black/Latino students take six years to get their degree. When I was in college (when dinosaurs still roamed the earth) the government had a “graduate-in-four-years incentive plan”, the draft. They expected 15 hours/semester or quarter, if you fell behind, or flunked a class you could quickly find yourself in a different environment.
Consider.
There will parental/peer pressure to go to community college BECAUSE it’s free.
And, CUNY (professors union) wants 4,000 new teaching positions.
=> 60 to 70% flunking out WILL NOT be considered a success, by Cuomo, by CUNY, by nobody!.
What does all that clearly tell you? The curriculum is going to be dumbed down A LOT!
What’s free worth...? => nothing!
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