Solving the College Affordability Problem

Actually foreigners pay more hence are in demand by the unis

Well, that's the standard narrative isn't it? It's certainly the one I've heard numerous times.

Do you believe it?

First of all you have all the private schools: Brown, Columbia, USC, Harvard, MIT, Northwestern, Chicago, etc.. So they're out of the residence subsidy equation. That's thousands and thousands of foreign held spots.

Others have pointed out that many are going to go back to their home countries where they will make less than their American career counterparts.

How are they going to pay back their loans if they're paying full cost, but making less. Many Americans struggle to pay back the loans even on the subsidized price. And this was going on long before India and China had any semblance of a middle-class. So how have they been affording this for so long? It was my experience at college that these were for the most part not the sons and daughters of foreign wealthy.

I do know for a fact that foreign student resident aliens are eligible for Title IV federal aid. So there's that.

Next, we know that "diversity" is a campus religion. And we know that we have multiple states that grant residency subsidies to illegal aliens. I'm not so naive to believe they aren't also granting them to legal visa holders in their pursuit of their "diversity" religion.

Now I suppose I could spend the next 2 days poring over Census Bureau surveys, State Department statistics, and Department of Education numbers to prove my informed guess.

But even without doing that, I'd willing to bet more than a few dollars that narrative is a myth.

“I would, however, like to encourage you to do exactly what you said you would do!”

Thanks for the encouragement!

Yesterday I talked with the president of the local Chamber of Commerce. Ended up getting invited to the “Future Economy Council” meeting later this month. Today he sent me a documents with the cumulative notes from previous meetings. Great ideas being tossed around!

Today I visited the North Carolina Center for Engineering Technologies, sponsored by Appalachian State University. The NCCET is located in a former fiber optic cable R&D building donated by Corning after the plant was closed. Excellent facilities, very helpful people, but under utilized. We talked about getting publicity via the local AM Talk radio station and the “community channel” on local cable TV. I also learned that they have Summer Engineering Tech camps for kids starting with Grades 3 thru 5! WOW!

From there I visited the offices of VisionAire, a company working on certification and start of production for the Vantage VA-10 Very Light Business, jet right here in Hickory & Newton, NC. In addition to making an economical, efficient BizJet they have stated in promotional literature that their goals including providing jobs for our region and getting school children interested in aviation and manufacturing careers!

Overall, an excellent two days! Thanks for the encouragement, Folks! Get out there a shake the bushes in your own location. Encourage the folks working to turn things around.

Semper Fi!

I think I’ll try to get some interest from the local cable TV folks.

I’m really looking forward to the Future Economy Council meeting in two weeks. See how it goes from there.

I have two friends with small manufacturing businesses, one in Sheet Metal and the other Steel fabrication. I think their businesses could benefit from the Engineering Tech Center.

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