I never wanted my working class parents paying for my "hobby" so I attended under a Republican governor "free" community college then transferred to a low-cost state university sure my parents were kind enough to let me stay home and I never asked them for any college tuition or … [Read more...]
Free College….in another country
Just read intriguing article by Simon Black over at Sovereignman.com where he offers the idea of attending college for free or extremely inexpensive for a fraction of the US cost. Best of all most of these global online colleges or on ground possess accreditation of one form or … [Read more...]
Questionable MBA Rankings
I do not have an MBA known as a Master of Business Administration but the expenses directed toward the pursuit of an MBA just looks like there are better options unless your employer is generous to pick-up the MBA tuition tab. When it comes to the time and expense of an MBA … [Read more...]
Student-Debt Forgiveness May Be Lighting a Tax-Bomb Fuse – The Wall Street Journal.
Student-Debt Forgiveness May Be Lighting a Tax-Bomb Fuse https://www.wsj.com/articles/student-debt-forgiveness-is-a-wonderful-boon-until-the-irs-comes-calling-1529852411 Another scenario increasingly the federal government confiscating reducing your social security or any … [Read more...]
Black College Grad Debt Debacle
Although Black students are graduating in record high school and college graduation numbers a recent sobering marketplace article on Black college and non-college grads graduating in student loan debt depression. I ask where is the k-12 career guidance and direction on selecting … [Read more...]
CTE to the Rescue
Some of my memorable classes were electronics, woodshop, small engines, machine shop being engaging learning by doing that was termed vocational education today that is known as Career Technical Education. Student portrayed in WSJ story decides to break the college going … [Read more...]
DeVos’s New College Try – The Wall Street Journal.
The feds need to apply the same legal assertive rigor that was applied toward the for-profit college sector and redirect energy and resources toward the private for-profit the "non-profit" colleges and universities that have graduated millions into student loan depression, … [Read more...]
The College Degree AND Skills…
Also, I often take the time to quickly interview young people working in fast food, local grocery stores and other places. I will survey them, by asking what high school they graduated from and if they are attending college. One very common thread emerges after these brief … [Read more...]
My survey Spring 2017 CTE Instruction
My recent June 2017 original student surveys. All the students were great I did permit smartphones, view online content and complete projects on their google classroom no books or paper-a green class and students created a portfolio of all completed assignments. … [Read more...]
