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Why Free Community College is Anything But Free
The Daily Signal ^
| January 9, 2015
| Lindsey Burke
Posted on 01/09/2015 8:16:23 AM PST by Hardens Hollow
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More Cloward-Pivan, throw away our money unnecessarily and drain the system AND get more people taking from the government. It's a win-win for fascism!
To: Hardens Hollow
Free community college is nothing but another distraction for the obama herd.
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posted on
01/09/2015 8:18:23 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(You can't half ass conservatism.)
To: Hardens Hollow
‘C’ or better?
That’s hardly any incentive (the ONLY benefit i see to it)
I have twins that just started college- as much as I dislike government spending, if it was there I would use it- and FORCE my children to get an ‘A’ if it was required, to save me $40,000
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posted on
01/09/2015 8:19:16 AM PST
by
Mr. K
(Palin/Cruz 2016)
To: Hardens Hollow
I wholeheartedly support Community Colleges, and think that there are a whole lot of people going to four-year schools on the gov't dime for (xxxxxxx) Arts, that would be far better served getting a practical education at a Community College.
That being said, if BO supports it, this is just a deep hole to throw tax dollars into, and will have very little value. Theory is sound, reality makes it worthless.
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posted on
01/09/2015 8:20:35 AM PST
by
wbill
To: Hardens Hollow
But, but it’s Monopoly money.
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posted on
01/09/2015 8:21:02 AM PST
by
bgill
(CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: Hardens Hollow
This must be Teachers Union Payoff Week.
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posted on
01/09/2015 8:21:18 AM PST
by
stephenjohnbanker
(Batting average 1,000 (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: Hardens Hollow
Thus rendering a community college education worthless.
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posted on
01/09/2015 8:21:58 AM PST
by
subterfuge
(Minnesota: the laughingstock of the nation - for lots of reasons!)
To: Hardens Hollow
Cloward-Piven, but also stupidity and makework.
Obama and crew confuse education with enrollment, just as they confuse insurance with access to medical care.
What they do want is to drain accumulated savings at the highest possible rate to distribute to their favored constituencies, at the same time expanding their sphere of control over all economic activity.
In their ideal world, no significant capital would ever be accumulated outside of government controlled enterprises, and no personal wealth would be accumulated except by members of the government and political establishment (which could be half to 3/4 of the population).
They say they are populist, but they are top=down command oriented, thru and thru.
To: cripplecreek
It’s the Start of Obama’s plan to blame Congress ,I think Obama has put away his Pen and Phone now that Harry The Reid is out
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posted on
01/09/2015 8:22:38 AM PST
by
molson209
(Blank)
To: Hardens Hollow
Here's some excerpts from the article worth repeating:
Just 20 percent of community college first-years complete their program within 150 percent of the standard time, according to the U.S. Department of Education. And, as the Cato Institutes Neal McCluskey found: According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, only 20 percent of community college students transfer to four-year schools, and only 72 percent of those will have finished or remained enrolled four years later. So, from what we can tell, we are looking at completion for just around 34 percent of community college students.
More than one-third of students have to take remedial courses when they enter college, as they leave high school unprepared for university-level work.
I always wanted to see some stats about those getting grants and how many actually graduated and got good paying jobs. I couldn't find the information, even with lots of googling. So here is a wee bit of info that shows the bigger picture of fraud, waste, and abuse. Those USED to be important words when I worked for the DOL decades ago.
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posted on
01/09/2015 8:25:09 AM PST
by
Hardens Hollow
(Formerly yorkiemom. I couldn't find Galt's Gulch, so created our own Harden's Hollow. Join us!)
To: subterfuge
“Thus rendering a community college education worthless”
Well, they’ve already made high schools worthless, so this is just the next step.
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posted on
01/09/2015 8:27:35 AM PST
by
Hardens Hollow
(Formerly yorkiemom. I couldn't find Galt's Gulch, so created our own Harden's Hollow. Join us!)
To: Hardens Hollow
Obama is airborne now on his way here to Knoxville Tn., to make a speech at Pellissippi State Community College touting his magnificent plan. “It’s free folks. Free I tell you!”
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posted on
01/09/2015 8:29:09 AM PST
by
deoetdoctrinae
(Gun-free zones are playgrounds for felons.)
To: Pearls Before Swine
“What they do want is to drain accumulated savings at the highest possible rate to distribute to their favored constituencies, at the same time expanding their sphere of control over all economic activity.”
Bingo. Fascism. Reagan said that when fascism comes to America, it will come in the form of liberalism. Such insight!
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posted on
01/09/2015 8:29:18 AM PST
by
Hardens Hollow
(Formerly yorkiemom. I couldn't find Galt's Gulch, so created our own Harden's Hollow. Join us!)
To: deoetdoctrinae
“Obama is airborne now on his way here to Knoxville Tn., to make a speech at Pellissippi State Community College touting his magnificent plan. Its free folks. Free I tell you!”
I hate having him that close to my new home (in East Tennessee). yuck!
How do you like living there? I can’t wait to escape Mexifornia for that gorgeous country you have.
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posted on
01/09/2015 8:30:23 AM PST
by
Hardens Hollow
(Formerly yorkiemom. I couldn't find Galt's Gulch, so created our own Harden's Hollow. Join us!)
To: Hardens Hollow
I have a much better idea.
Go back to really teaching fundamentals in High School.
Cram only the meaty basics into the first two years... call those years the new two year HS diploma years.
Make the last two years the equivalent of Community College.
Kids could opt for the college credit or opt for an intensive internship in several fields.
Given the meager crap that is taught to the average HS kid in four years, you could probably more than equal it with just a half year of serious schooling.
K-6 - 7&8 - 2yrs HS - 2yrs College or internship
IMO better results than a free community college plan and MUCH cheaper for the taxpayers.
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posted on
01/09/2015 8:31:16 AM PST
by
Bobalu
(Please excuse the crudity of this model. I didn't have time to build it to scale or paint it.)
To: Hardens Hollow
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posted on
01/09/2015 8:31:59 AM PST
by
QBFimi
(/...o.o/.o...ooo/...o.o...o/ooo/...o.o/.o/ooo.//o..o./. o.)
To: Hardens Hollow
Anything to the detriment of the United States is what ø wants.
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posted on
01/09/2015 8:35:43 AM PST
by
onedoug
To: Hardens Hollow
How do you like living there?Like it a lot. We haven't been infiltrated by a great number of lefties (like say, Asheville N.C.). The mountains being close by is an added bonus. Welcome.
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posted on
01/09/2015 8:36:26 AM PST
by
deoetdoctrinae
(Gun-free zones are playgrounds for felons.)
To: Hardens Hollow
First Obamacare
Next Obamaskool
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posted on
01/09/2015 8:37:28 AM PST
by
Iron Munro
("Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms - Open Up!" "Must be another UPS delivery, honey.")
To: Hardens Hollow
Voila! Sudden;y every student is a “C” student.
Any bets?
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posted on
01/09/2015 8:37:44 AM PST
by
Seruzawa
(All those memories will be lost,in time, like tears in rain.)
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