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Study flunks 49 states in college affordability - Yahoo! News

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Study flunks 49 states in college affordability - Yahoo! News
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An independent report on American higher education flunks all but one state when it comes to affordability — an embarrassing verdict that is unlikely to improve as the economy contracts.

The biennial study by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, which evaluates how well higher education is serving the public, handed out Fs for affordability to 49 states, up from 43 two years ago. Only California received a passing grade in the category, a C, thanks to its relatively inexpensive community colleges.
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    • JDP JDP
      15 months ago


      Given that everyone from politicians to tech giants claim that higher education is key for the economy and US competitiveness, this report shows that support for that sadly lacking. For those who increasingly cannot afford that education, prospects are dim - with jobs they might be able to do without a college education (both good-paying manufacturing jobs and low-level services jobs) contracting, being shipped overseas, or going to underpaid and exploited illegal aliens.

      Basically "lip service" is given to encouraging everyone to get a "good education" without the necessary funds and support for them to do so. Often and then hypocritically, the general youth population is faulted for not achieving the educational goals and excellence they (and their parents) are in little or no position to afford. What would it be like if industry and the government actually put money where its mouth is?
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    • JDP JDP
      15 months ago


      Given that everyone from politicians to tech giants claim that higher education is key for the economy and US competitiveness, this report shows that support for that sadly lacking. For those who increasingly cannot afford that education, prospects are dim - with jobs they might be able to do without a college education (both good-paying manufacturing jobs and low-level services jobs) contracting, being shipped overseas, or going to underpaid and exploited illegal aliens.

      Basically "lip service" is given to encouraging everyone to get a "good education" without the necessary funds and support for them to do so. Often and then hypocritically, the general youth population is faulted for not achieving the educational goals and excellence they (and their parents) are in little or no position to afford. What would it be like if industry and the government actually put money where its mouth is?
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