The post-secondary system was never designed nor intended to serve the general public nor be the means to make a living. That simple Imsight shed light on why it is borked and tinkering with costs structures won't fix it.

Other than the crushing debt and pointless (to most fields) classes which serve to pad the bill and lengthen your stay, the prime stain of college is the delay between becoming an adult and being a productive member of the real world errr I mean society.
Couple this with the public school system, which was also not designed for nor suitable for the purpose currently asserted to it, it is no surprise people lack drive, raw intelligence, and a fire in their belly.

Absolutely, unless going for a specific field which requires it (law, medicine), a better option for probably 8-9 out of ten people is a trade school or right to an entry level job. We would have happier, more productive workers, a more focused collegiate system, and less crushing debt and reliance on government.

I agree. I also agree with the columnist that not everyone is for college and college is not for everyone. There is nothing wrong with trade skills that do not require classroom teaching. In fact, those skills are in huge demand and make great money (I know, I pay them for my deficiency).

Even so, i do not see things where the colleges are promising a bill of good to anyone and then pulling the rug out of under them (bait and switch). I'm one of those who believe 1) loans for self improvement are a good thing - provided you pay them back and don't get hosed on the interest rate 2) The individual has to show a bit of judgment in choosing the course of his/her life - that means not getting screwed over when the deal looks to sweet AND not getting robbed.

I see no realistic way, long term or short, of suing a college if they provide the degree they offered AND you agreed to the terms.

I think college is important if and only if you're buying it with a specific end in mind. It's not just the thing you do after high school.

I'll check out the title, thanks.

"I also have an issue with "requiring" a freshmen to live in a dorm for the first year"
Maybe the school has a backdoor deal with the local liquor stores?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

The only fraud I can see is the forcing of students to take unnecessary course to satisfy the terms of their degree. I also have an issue with "requiring" a freshmen to live in a dorm for the first year...an almost $8K bump in cost for year one.

Ignorance is bliss.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-intell...

AJ, this is a *great*, I repeat, *great* find.

An excellent read.

The author makes a point of fraud based upon ROI, but fraud none-the-less.
"If any normal company scammed their customers the way colleges do, they’d be investigated by the Federal Trade Commission."

Thank you for posting it.

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