Comments on: Tuition Protests at Colleges and Universities

By: bamboo4tameshigiri

bamboo4tameshigiri — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 03:02:08 +0000

$12000 wouldn’t even cover tuition -alone- in the worst schools in this country.

By: bamboo4tameshigiri

bamboo4tameshigiri — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 02:48:12 +0000

“It’s not? so much the education as it is the status.”

Absolutely.

By: rock3tcat

rock3tcat — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:52:26 +0000

@alizee2010

Finland, higher education is only free in Finland when you apply for a student visa in the EU.

By: alizee2010

alizee2010 — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:13:24 +0000

As would I, if the opportunity arose. Guess I am a few years later for grad school abroad, but the situation here is so nepotistic and corporatist to the point of sickness. No promoting the general welfare, no safety net, no community, no education; just sink or swim here. Of the people by the people for the people? If it ever was, it is certainly not anymore.

By: foospecial

foospecial — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:31:19 +0000

I’m sooo against violence. I’m sure if we hold up enough card board signs to the same powers that are raping and plundering our way of life that things will change!

By: ManufacturedThoughts

ManufacturedThoughts — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:21:57 +0000

Thanks to the Terrorist Organization called the US Federal Reserve Bank we would not be living in the Second Great Depression.

By: treez78

treez78 — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:12:25 +0000

if the federal govt wouldnt guarantee the loans, the schools would be forced to lower their costs or go out of business. just another example of the govt’s hearts being in the right place with the wrong solutions. stay out of our health care big govt, u will fuck that up to!

By: squirrelywrath2

squirrelywrath2 — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:10:30 +0000

You know what the weird part about all that is? All I see in the media about USA schools is stuff about frat houses and massive drunk parties. I have been in university for 6 years (long story was aiming for 5 >.>), and have only been to 2 university parties and they had security and were on campus, and there are neither frats, nor sororities. I think its because here its the students paying for it (cause they can) and so they value it more and so actually study.

By: SwobyJ

SwobyJ — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:48:43 +0000

Well my $2500ish a semester is tuition alone (so it doesn’t include the many other fees), but I’m also at one of the ‘middle-ground’ unis here (not terrible like some of the schools, but not terribly expensive like say University of Toronto or whatever),

Someone could expect to spend $18,000 plus if they’re in a more expensive field. But yeah… I get your point. Lucky I’m here.

By: ballaj909

ballaj909 — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:25:38 +0000

These tuition rates are ridiculous. I’m pretty upset because I go to a private university, and as we all know private school are not funded the same as public schools, although it’s not that great either. But my point is three days ago my school informed us that it is raising the tuition by 20% in less than a year. That is outrageous and shouldn’t be allowed. I literally don’t know what to do because I can barely stay afloat as it is. So I may not be at this school next year, to be honest.