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@Ms. D. Ranged in AZ (IrishGirl): I used to have my grad assistants run remedial English comp and basic math tutoring sessions. Back to my idea of the early/basic stuff on line. Use inexpensive on line...
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@gene108: We’re moving to e-books. Just think. A non-profit could pay for a really good intro physics/whatever text, keep it updated. Pay people in the discipline for improvements. Furnish it for free....
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@gene108: I’ve had on-line courses. You cannot recreate the “excuse me teacher, I have a question” moment students need to understand a lecture. You absolutely can. Pause the feed. Click on the ‘ask a...
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@JustAnotherBob: We have a problem. University degrees are too damned expensive. Ok, that really needs to be qualified. Education is one of the appreciating assets that it makes perfect sense to borrow...
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I’ve worked in the Financial Aid Office at the University of Florida for 16 years now and I think this article was absurd. I understand it’s very different at other schools in other states and I’m...
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That college degree will net you $15K per year. It will cost you about $10K per year at a public university, plus R&B. Make it $25K. The 4 years will deny you $100K of income that you could have...
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@Cacti: What we need to get away from is trying to steer every student toward a university education, whether it’s what they want, or a good fit for them personally. I am a high school teacher. In the...
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@Cacti: I heard someone purpose that every university student should receive some sort of “practical” education early in their academic career. Perhaps only one class in house painting or restaurant...
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@JustAnotherBob: Well, make the college degree really cheap and make the class schedule 100% flexible. Then people can start earning money as soon as the get out of high school and also gain a college...
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@JustAnotherBob: For some disciplines like engineering, that practical skill would be beneficial even for the guys going on to a PhD. But that should be done before high school is finished.
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@👽 Martin: Put as many classes as possible online. Furnish e-book texts for free. Right now if we were to decide that all biology students should take a class in a newly emerged sub-field then every...
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@👽 Martin: For people getting a BA in art history, learning how to paint a house might mean the difference between eating and not…. ;o)
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@JustAnotherBob: No. Online learning does not work for every situation. I have not said that it does. But if you made half of all college units online and free then the cost of a college education...
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Some real-life cost/earning numbers: In 1993, I worked 20 hrs a week during the school year and 40 hrs a week in the summer. At 5 bucks an hour, I would work approx. 1300 hours for a gross of about...
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Similar to my experience in the 1960s. Back then I could get a summer job on a construction site and as a janitor during the school year. Now there are long lines of people wanting those jobs. I...
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