UNC, UVA, Duke....they're all excellent academic universities.
UNC shouldn't even be an accredited school with the crap they pulled.
I simply don't care. The list is ranking the schools academically for the undergraduate student body, not which school has the greasiest methods of keeping players eligible. Every school has no room to throw stones there, us included. Glass house as it were.
Maybe
UKs vacated wins and Championships should be reinstated in that case.
Education needs to be free with stricter academic standards. Full stop.
Them handing out college degrees like a blind man gives out thermometers on a street corner has nothing to do with sports.
BS - no way we let higher education rape us even more than they already do. Abolish Title IV and force universities to drop all the fluff and crap that just costs money and hold them accountable for actual job placement and I would entertain that thought.
Should have put the full stop at the beginning. Good grief.
What are your thoughts?
There is no such thing as free. Do you mean people other than those actually going to college should have to pay for it?
No one is disputing whether is such a thing as "free". That wasn't the point. The point is that there are civilized, very well-run countries that offer free (or very low cost) higher education to those who want to go down that path. Are you one of those who think that no one should have an issue paying off their expensive educations in this country?
Right. People who take on a trade or otherwise bypass college should pay for those who want an overpriced education, often gaining useless majors. Instead of making college some four year getaway from reality, we should make it useful.
You did say it should be free which would imply you believe such a thing is real. No one forces them to take out loans for this ridiculously expensive education. The student loan program has allowed for the rise of extortionate tuition rates since it's creation. I'd be happy to dig in further on this topic but given that political discussion is forbidden here I am going to just avoid saying anything more.
You don't have to say anything more, and that you think this is a political topic I encourage you to not do so. I also don't think you understand how other countries go about providing education for free for their residents. Also, it's not about forcing people to take out expensive loans.
None of this post makes any sense. How is your desire to fleece the tax payers for others college tuition not political?
Paul, you're rage-baiting, no need for it. To you it doesn't make sense, and I'm capable of seeing others' perspectives. There are ways to discuss and resolve issues without politics. You think enrollments are not already dropping at institutions? People are wisening up. Again, I'm only interested in system-building for the greater good, I'm sure we can put our heads togeher
Accusing me of rage baiting about this is beyond goofy. This problem is inextricably tied to government involvement and therefore obviously political. This was used as a major campaign issue to garner votes in the 2020 presidential election. Enrollments have seen a slight drop because some students have rightly recognized the value of the education is not worth taking on the debt for them. If the students did not have to pay for college themselves and will ultimately be on the hook for paying for those who do go anyway what makes you think enrollment would drop?Paul, you're rage-baiting, no need for it. To you it doesn't make sense, and I'm capable of seeing others' perspectives. There are ways to discuss and resolve issues without politics. You think enrollments are not already dropping at institutions? People are wisening up. Again, I'm only interested in system-building for the greater good, I'm sure we can put our heads togeher
The issue is that NO degree should be "demanding major student loan debt". Other countries do this by having those with the academic chops do the "major degrees" (to borrow our syntax), while the rest would be doing "skills certs"
Capitalism, meh.You are correct but try that in this country and the test scores would be way out of proportion to the general population. this would never pass muster in the USA. we deliberately don’t use only test scores to distribute the slots for certain schools, etc. The only meritocracy in our educational system is the athletic and maybe music departmentsThe issue is that NO degree should be "demanding major student loan debt". Other countries do this by having those with the academic chops do the "major degrees" (to borrow our syntax), while the rest would be doing "skills certs"
“Jewelry buying 307” and “designer clothes wearing 405” heard both of those classes have pretty tough finals
Should society pay for your house too? Your cell phone? Where's the line? There is no such thing as free.The issue is that NO degree should be "demanding major student loan debt". Other countries do this by having those with the academic chops do the "major degrees" (to borrow our syntax), while the rest would be doing "skills certs"
Never!