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As Colleges Move Classes Online, Families Rebel Against the Cost. Schools face rising demands for tuition rebates, increased aid and leaves of absence as students ask if college is becoming “glorified Skype.”
New York Times ^ | August 15, 2020 | Shawn Hubler

Posted on 08/15/2020 4:50:16 PM PDT by karpov

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To: karpov

The arguments that college is about the experience and the friendships and connections aren’t worth a damn any more.


41 posted on 08/15/2020 7:00:29 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (Rome didn't fall in a day, either.)
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; azishot; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; ..

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42 posted on 08/15/2020 7:09:01 PM PDT by bitt (Our rights donÂ’t end where your feelings begin.)
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To: dgbrown
queue Nelson: Ha, Ha !
43 posted on 08/15/2020 7:10:19 PM PDT by A strike (" Was that wrong? Should I not have done this? " - Costanza)
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To: butlerweave

that’s the current method


44 posted on 08/15/2020 7:11:46 PM PDT by A strike (" Was that wrong? Should I not have done this? " - Costanza)
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To: PittsburghAfterDark

I really like the Caramel Macchiatos.


45 posted on 08/15/2020 7:26:10 PM PDT by D Rider
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To: karpov
Back when they believed Ally would be attending classes in person, her parents leased her a $1,200-a-month apartment.

Wow.

Just wow.

46 posted on 08/15/2020 7:30:46 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (And lead us not into hysteria, but deliver us from the handwashers. Amen!)
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To: karpov

It’s time for this bubble to burst.


47 posted on 08/15/2020 7:50:16 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: wny
Your post is right on the money.

From what I’ve seen over the last few months, the biggest problem here are PARENTS.

They’ll whine and complain and write letters demanding tuition reductions, but they never even think of just telling the school to ‘eff off ... and enroll their kids somewhere else or let them work for a year or two before going back to school.

48 posted on 08/15/2020 8:23:31 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("We're human beings ... we're not f#%&ing animals." -- Dennis Rodman, 6/1/2020)
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To: karpov

The u. Got big tellin everyone that a college educated person makes more money than non college edu. Big lie. Depends what you learn and how good you are. Roll in the dirt, you lying dummies.


49 posted on 08/15/2020 9:02:19 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: karpov

As I talk about this issue with friends and family, I am getting the distinct impression that the Omnipotent University Intelligentsia have screwed the pooch, and have no idea yet that their destruction is under way.

Normal people are looking again at what they actually need, what they are getting, and what it’s costing them, and the assumptions they’ve been handed are dissolving faster than a spoon made from pressed sugar in a cup of hot coffee on Candid Camera.

The army of Mental Controllers that the CPUSA spent generations building is in the process of becoming irrelevant, and unemployable.

Hale-frickn’-lujah.


50 posted on 08/15/2020 9:24:31 PM PDT by _longranger81 (Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; defend the defenseless; care for the unloved.)
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To: _longranger81

Peak Brick and Mortar Higher Edumacation.

We’re there.


51 posted on 08/15/2020 11:26:39 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Alberta's Child

There used to be the GM Institute that had students working at GM for a semester or two along the way.

Didn’t seem to hurt them any.

Saved a few buck$.


52 posted on 08/15/2020 11:29:48 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: cyclotic

Those two sons can probably own their own businesses by the time they are 30 and make a lot more.


53 posted on 08/15/2020 11:59:58 PM PDT by WASCWatch
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To: dgbrown

The peasants are storming the ivory tower. A lot of useless a academics are going to be hungry.


54 posted on 08/16/2020 2:06:03 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: dgbrown

The peasants are storming the ivory tower. A lot of useless a academics are going to be hungry.


55 posted on 08/16/2020 2:06:12 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: karpov

The other thought I have about this is that those affected by and denied admission by affirmative action policies who otherwise could have been admitted now don’t have to be denied such admissions. Online courses should allow broader access to almost anyone. The only thing online classes can’t do is supply science and engineering students with lab equipment especially in the realms of chemistry, biology, and physics.


56 posted on 08/16/2020 2:15:05 AM PDT by mdmathis6
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To: Grampa Dave; All

This is where virtual reality could really be tweaked....a dance instructor could virtually walk between her students and correct their stances and postures and each student would also have the same sense of being there.

Colleges could have classes held in a virtual space....the goggles are getting better all the time.


57 posted on 08/16/2020 2:27:05 AM PDT by mdmathis6
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To: thefactor

I’m loving watching this system implode. Pretty soon professors are going to be clamoring to get back in the classroom when faced with pay cuts and layoffs. F them all. Send your kid to a trade school so they can come out with an actual skill.
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Worth repeating.
Those who have poisoned minds for decades becoming unemployed and underjoyed.


58 posted on 08/16/2020 3:35:39 AM PDT by JCL3 (As Richard Feynman might have said, this is reality taking precedence over public relations.)
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To: karpov

Yep - lots of overhead being paid for that is no longer relevant to the brainwashing of the college subjects...I say they raze most of the buildings and do something useful with the land - maybe turn it to wetlands...


59 posted on 08/16/2020 4:41:41 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: mdmathis6

“Colleges could have classes held in a virtual space....the goggles are getting better all the time.”

Thanks for your feedback.


60 posted on 08/16/2020 5:43:26 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Vote Biden and share the Seattle/Portland/New York/Chicago/LA death to America! experience.)
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