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>"Either millions of students are overpaying every year, or the system provides some value." Its the former, except the government is paying for it... EDIT:
by nonbel 8y ago
>"Either millions of students are overpaying every year, or the system provides some value."
Its the former, except the government is paying for it...
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I say this as someone who got paid by the government via academia to torture rodents for no reason for years.
- anoncoward111 8y agoI can guarantee you that the $30,000 I wired from my bank account to my student loan company was not given to me by the government. The government of course gave me the loan for inflated price of attending uni, but goddamnit I paid for it myself with my own blood and tears.
- nonbel 8y agoI had a scholarship.
- garmaine 8y agoGrad school, in academic research not engineering and MBAs, is mostly done on scholarships/grants. Your tuition is paid by your PI using a grant from the government (or sometimes a private foundation or company).
- anoncoward111 8y agoNo worries, we are talking about two different things. I'm saying that when a grad student or adjunct teaches a class, they get paid a few thousand dollars. The students in that class are paying 100x that amount in tuition. I'm implying that grad students should be paid more for this service, instead of the money going to administrator salaries and football stadiums.
- garmaine 8y agoOh I agree. It's just if you're doing grad school and you're paying with student loans, not the government, you're doing it wrong.
- anoncoward111 8y agoYes 100%. Sometimes it works out profitable for "professional schools", but definitely not for history majors or even sometimes biology majors.