[GulliverSwift]

I blame it on the GI bill which really ruined our higher education system by allowing people to get into college who really weren't up to it. That, and all these wasteful student loans which actually make the prices higher. Can't forget the terrible practice of draining millions on athletic programs, too.

Intercollegiate athletics were originally supposed to be fun way of competing against other schools, not as a revenue source (usually it's the opposite) or a recruitment device. School should be about academics. Unfortunately, many parents don't understand this and thus a lot of leftist indoctrination goes unchecked.

[tpaine]

I blame it on the GI bill

which really ruined our higher education system by allowing people to get into college who really weren't up to it.
-GS-

What is the 'it' that you blame the GI Bill did?

Your other opinion, that "the GI bill really ruined our higher education system by allowing people to get into college who really weren't up to it", is ludicrous, with absolutely no basis in facts.
Where did you come up with a wimpy howler like that? -- The pencil-necked freshmens dorm?

[Cathryn Crawford]

That, and all these wasteful student loans which actually make the prices higher.

I didn't catch this the first time.

If it weren't for scholarships, grants, and student loans, I would never have been able to afford to go to college. I work and go to school full time, and I still need the student loans to help me with my living expenses. For those of us whom our parents didn't contribute in any way to our college education, student loans are a literal lifesaver.