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If financial aid helped everyone it should, it would just be called low- or no-tuition. But if schools admitted that, they would have to accept something they

If financial aid helped everyone it should, it would just be called low- or no-tuition. But if schools admitted that, they would have to accept something they would rather not talk about: generous-sounding financial aid does not make jacking up tuition a victimless crime.

rayiner 7y ago
Why should financial aid help people who can afford to pay sticker?
- Tostino 7y ago
  Why should "sticker" be as outrageous as it is currently?
  - barry-cotter 7y ago
    Why don’t I deserve a penthouse apartment in the centre of Dublin for €200 a month? Because suppliers want money and demanders are willing to provide it to get what they want.
    - Tostino 7y ago
      Yeah that's a pretty dumb argument. I'm talking about education which preferrably would not be subject to supply and demand forces as much as other markets.
      - barry-cotter 7y ago
        If you want an education MOOCs, old textbooks and MIT OCW are cheap or free. If you want a degree that costs money because people want their stamped certificate of membership of the bourgeoisie.
        Tostino 7y ago
        Your talking to someone who has done very well for himself without a degree, not by choice. I couldn't afford community college in my day because I was unwilling to take on debt, while working 40 hours a week and living at home. I don't believe that is a fair way to treat students though. You shouldn't have to get in debt up to your eyeballs to compete in the job market. I was lucky I was naturally inquisitive and interested in learning all I could. Not everyone is though, and that's alright. If they learn better in a structured environment, I don't think that should preclude them from being educated.
        barry-cotter 7y ago
        The average Bachelor’s graduate in the US has $30,000 in debt on graduation, the price of a new car. That just isn’t that expensive for the magic piece of paper that gets you past HR. If you didn’t want to go into debt that’s fine but if you have a credible chance of graduating $30,000 over the course of a working life is not bad. If you want a degree you can actually get a regionally accredited US one way cheaper, from Western Governors’ University or go even cheaper and munchkin transfer credit requirements and credit by examination like the people at https://www.degreeforum.net/ https://www.degreeforum.net/ Or you can do like I did and fart about for years and go straight to getting a Master’s in Finance for ~£10,000 from CEFIMS by starting off studying Master’s modules as individual professional awards or in Software Engineering from Oxford more or less the same way. https://www.cefims.ac.uk/programmes/ipa/ https://www.cefims.ac.uk/programmes/ipa/ http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/softeng/study/apply.html http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/softeng/study/apply.html > Admission criteria Applications are invited from anyone with sufficient experience or proven ability in software, security, or data engineering. An appreciation of the challenges and practices facing professionals in the field is expected, together with an appropriate level of logical, mathematical, or analytical skills. A typical applicant will have at least two years' experience in a professional environment, and an undergraduate degree in a related subject. However, more extensive experience may compensate for a lack of formal qualifications
        glennpratt 7y ago
        > unwilling to take on debt, while working 40 hours a week and living at home. Does community college cost that much now? I went to community college, lived at home and worked less than 40 hours a week without debt. I just checked and they charge about $800 per semester to county residents, which sounds even less than what I paid.
      - tptacek 7y ago
        People find ways to say that about a lot of things, from housing to first-run movies. You'll have to do better than simple assertion to defend the claim that cash assistance for college should be universalized rather than means-tested.
- jsnider3 7y ago
  Because education is good for society and should be encouraged.
fossuser 7y ago
Hopefully the Lambda School model largely does away with this problem.

rayiner 7y ago

Why should financial aid help people who can afford to pay sticker?

Tostino 7y ago
Why should "sticker" be as outrageous as it is currently?
- barry-cotter 7y ago
  Why don’t I deserve a penthouse apartment in the centre of Dublin for €200 a month? Because suppliers want money and demanders are willing to provide it to get what they want.
  - Tostino 7y ago
    Yeah that's a pretty dumb argument. I'm talking about education which preferrably would not be subject to supply and demand forces as much as other markets.
    - barry-cotter 7y ago
      If you want an education MOOCs, old textbooks and MIT OCW are cheap or free. If you want a degree that costs money because people want their stamped certificate of membership of the bourgeoisie.
      - Tostino 7y ago
        Your talking to someone who has done very well for himself without a degree, not by choice. I couldn't afford community college in my day because I was unwilling to take on debt, while working 40 hours a week and living at home. I don't believe that is a fair way to treat students though. You shouldn't have to get in debt up to your eyeballs to compete in the job market. I was lucky I was naturally inquisitive and interested in learning all I could. Not everyone is though, and that's alright. If they learn better in a structured environment, I don't think that should preclude them from being educated.
        barry-cotter 7y ago
        The average Bachelor’s graduate in the US has $30,000 in debt on graduation, the price of a new car. That just isn’t that expensive for the magic piece of paper that gets you past HR. If you didn’t want to go into debt that’s fine but if you have a credible chance of graduating $30,000 over the course of a working life is not bad. If you want a degree you can actually get a regionally accredited US one way cheaper, from Western Governors’ University or go even cheaper and munchkin transfer credit requirements and credit by examination like the people at https://www.degreeforum.net/ https://www.degreeforum.net/ Or you can do like I did and fart about for years and go straight to getting a Master’s in Finance for ~£10,000 from CEFIMS by starting off studying Master’s modules as individual professional awards or in Software Engineering from Oxford more or less the same way. https://www.cefims.ac.uk/programmes/ipa/ https://www.cefims.ac.uk/programmes/ipa/ http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/softeng/study/apply.html http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/softeng/study/apply.html > Admission criteria Applications are invited from anyone with sufficient experience or proven ability in software, security, or data engineering. An appreciation of the challenges and practices facing professionals in the field is expected, together with an appropriate level of logical, mathematical, or analytical skills. A typical applicant will have at least two years' experience in a professional environment, and an undergraduate degree in a related subject. However, more extensive experience may compensate for a lack of formal qualifications
        glennpratt 7y ago
        > unwilling to take on debt, while working 40 hours a week and living at home. Does community college cost that much now? I went to community college, lived at home and worked less than 40 hours a week without debt. I just checked and they charge about $800 per semester to county residents, which sounds even less than what I paid.
    - tptacek 7y ago
      People find ways to say that about a lot of things, from housing to first-run movies. You'll have to do better than simple assertion to defend the claim that cash assistance for college should be universalized rather than means-tested.
jsnider3 7y ago
Because education is good for society and should be encouraged.

fossuser 7y ago

Hopefully the Lambda School model largely does away with this problem.