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Lower the student loan interest (This post is relevant to the left side of scenario in the picture. The right side of story might be a little bit different. Will post next time)!!!!!
Congress is talking about college affordability right now. Here are a few reasons why we should all care.
Share your student loan story at:http://educationvotes.nea.org/2013/05/15/share-your-story-degrees-not-debt/
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Crystal Huang Most of my semesters as a student are part-time (since my degree program is in another state and I am teaching), no TAs, RAs are available. Tuition of University of Minnesota-Twin Cities has been one of the BIGGEST expenditures (the annually increasing cost per credit rate is just unbelievable, and don't be confused, it is a PUBLIC school, NOT a PRIVATE one for the super-privileged few!!!) from my hard earned pay-checks: earned from teaching and spent on my (formal) learning - a sheer luck and privilege, for a job sustains me in this fashion. Interestingly speaking, luckily having a privilege to access education is to be fortunate enough to get a job in order to pay off the tuition!!! What a great educational motivation to feed the system!!!
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Crystal Huang After he ( S, a Caucasian) graduated, my friend S spent 10 years to pay off his 2 huge student loans (no dad, no family, and what so ever supporting system available to him since he was 16 years old) and "luckily" there were student loans available), also because of, fortunately, a teaching job keeping him going to pay off student loans. And now laying off, cutting off employment, outsourcing, and downsizing impose on the new graduates - hard to imagine.... (added info - S is still as poor as a church mouse, as well.)
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Crystal Huang Give you a vivid example - I started $560 per credit several years ago, now is $1,325 PER CREDIT (thanks gods, via the reciprocal act between WI and MN) and still increasing the rate - cannot face the coming fall tuition bill. I am gradually paying off the 24 credits of dissertation fee after completing the course works (totally credits needed are 84). I could not imagine how I could be living so frugally to save every penny to pay off or just suppressing the feeling of being as poor as a church rat ! On the other hand, lucky me, I still can teach and work much harder to pay, but not everyone has this privilege that I have.
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Who says - the University is Dead ( J. Morrison?) Have you ever seen "less" bricks and mortars, another taken-away-brick in the wall to refrain the growth of this gigantic edu-capitalistic Leviathan, or you have been witnessing more demolishing the concrete walls recently for a flatter terrain to broaden the horizon for the privileged few?
Not anti-education, but capitalistically institutional education! And be honest (and better be quiet as well), who are the culprits?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpxd3pZAVHI