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HomePresident Obama, Please Read: The Real Reason College Costs So Much
Posted by Larry Doyle on August 24th, 2013 10:37 AM |
I firmly believe that economic freedom is only achieved by navigating one path, that being, education defined in the broadest of terms (vocational, secondary, higher or even home schooled).
To that end, I applaud President Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan for their efforts to improve secondary education in our country via the Race to The Top.
President Obama is now laying out a new initiative to make college more affordable for those pursuing higher education. On the surface, who would be averse to making college education more affordable? But let’s dig a little deeper. In doing so, I think we might gain a greater understanding as to whether Uncle Sam is more part of the problem than part of the solution to higher education being so exorbitantly expensive.
The Prohibitive Cost of Higher Education: A Racket?
Posted by Larry Doyle on April 10th, 2012 7:04 AM |
I have often thought, “If education is expensive, try ignorance.”
I strongly believe that the key to future prosperity is a quality education. That said, there is increasing evidence that the costs connected to higher education have ratcheted higher at an unsustainable pace. I initially addressed this critically important topic a year ago in a commentary entitled, Are Student Loans an Impending Bubble? Is Higher Education a Scam?. I wrote then:
I am a huge proponent of the need for quality education in our nation. That said, as this expose reveals there are MANY serious problems, conflicts of interest, and assorted other issues in higher education today. A racket, you might ask? Yes, in a manner of speaking, there are certainly elements of a racket within higher education today.
I welcome readdressing this topic today. (more…)
