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Being an ally of the poor and wanting to BE poor are two very different things.
What’s the pay at those regional schools and community colleges? Is it enough to cover massive student debt?
What research opportunities are there at those colleges? Could it be that teaching was just a necessary evil required for the job they actually want to do?
It’s easily enough to pay the massive student debt of people who went to those schools.
I really don’t get why the USA does this.
In developing countries it’s understandable that the state can’t pay for education, but in a first world country (at least in the cold war era meaning) it’s insane that education is FOR PROFIT.
In Europe the countries don’t pay for education out of pure idealism. Educating a large percentage of the population is needed for a functioning and stable democracy (that hopefully doesn’t fall for populism, although we’re currently fighting with that too, still far better than the USA’s Trump cult) and especially needed for staying internationally competitive in the long term.
Just a few days ago I’ve paid my fee for this semester, studying at a well known university (not worldwide but at least in my country and neighbouring countries) with a good reputation: 24.70€ (27.3$). I could also pay the same at an internationally more known uni but they’re pretty similar quality-wise, the other just is in a bigger city = has more students = publishes more.
For international students from non-eu-countries it’s ~750€ per semester, still not that much.
It’s fucking terrible. Sincerely, a community college department chair.
I don’t really think it’s fair to get mad at someone for prioritizing meeting their own needs. It is however entirely fair to be furious about societal structures that place increased financial value on industrialization and privatization over community cohesion.
Your teeth are bared in the wrong direction. We do in fact have a common enemy here.
I’d assume they care more about feeding themselves and their families first.
