As a Hillsdale mom and donor, I’m obviously vested in and biased toward the place. For parents wondering about content, check out the Hillsdale courses online. I’m also thrilled for the initial success of UATX. It’s been lonely for us out here committed to institutions that firmly believe in the truth of the Western Canon.
As a Hillsdale mom and donor, I’m obviously vested in and biased toward the place. For parents wondering about content, check out the Hillsdale courses online. I’m also thrilled for the initial success of UATX. It’s been lonely for us out here committed to institutions that firmly believe in the truth of the Western Canon.
That said, many, many kids graduate from Hillsdale with big debt and no jobs. (It’s just not federal debt.) An institution won’t fix what ails American higher education.
We have to change the mindset of students and parents, who believe that paying $320,000 for four years in New Haven or $190,000 in Hillsdale, MI, should guarantee kids not just a job, but one that covers their debt and allows them to continue to live the cushy lives they’re accustomed to. What’s that they say say about guarantees, death, and taxes?
Here in CT, things are totally hosed up. A few random points as evidence.
— By state law, ALL eleventh graders must take the SAT as the state skills assessment. Talk about sending a message.
— Our flagship university UCONN is woefully in debt — dare I say bankrupt.
— And several years back, then- President Obama came Central Connecticut State University to argue for the $15/hour minimum; pointing to the Greek chorus of CCSU students behind him, many owing tens of thousands of dollars, he said kids like these needed a living wage. Parents didn’t send these kids to that school so they could earn minimum as graduates. Yet there those kids were, worse off than on the day they sat for their first class.
As corrupt as CT is, we’re not alone.
I don’t know how to fix the FUBAR that is our educational system. Personally, I’ve stopped asking high schoolers if and where they’re going to college upon graduation. I simply ask, “What’s next” and respond a little more exuberantly to the wise grads who say they’re getting jobs and thinking about their next moves.
CT needs to cut back its state university system. Only 3.5 million people live in the state yet it boasts something like 18 campuses (Connecticut State University System) each with its own administration, ie President, Vice President, Dean etc - it’s a racket - top heavy with administrative positions. It needs to be consolidated and cut back. But like many things controlled by the Democrats, it’s an employment program that sucks taxes out of wage earners. The CT university system is way over extended, Vote for a Republican for Gov - like Stefanowski - to make real change.
As a Hillsdale mom and donor, I’m obviously vested in and biased toward the place. For parents wondering about content, check out the Hillsdale courses online. I’m also thrilled for the initial success of UATX. It’s been lonely for us out here committed to institutions that firmly believe in the truth of the Western Canon.
That said, many, many kids graduate from Hillsdale with big debt and no jobs. (It’s just not federal debt.) An institution won’t fix what ails American higher education.
We have to change the mindset of students and parents, who believe that paying $320,000 for four years in New Haven or $190,000 in Hillsdale, MI, should guarantee kids not just a job, but one that covers their debt and allows them to continue to live the cushy lives they’re accustomed to. What’s that they say say about guarantees, death, and taxes?
Here in CT, things are totally hosed up. A few random points as evidence.
— By state law, ALL eleventh graders must take the SAT as the state skills assessment. Talk about sending a message.
— Our flagship university UCONN is woefully in debt — dare I say bankrupt.
— And several years back, then- President Obama came Central Connecticut State University to argue for the $15/hour minimum; pointing to the Greek chorus of CCSU students behind him, many owing tens of thousands of dollars, he said kids like these needed a living wage. Parents didn’t send these kids to that school so they could earn minimum as graduates. Yet there those kids were, worse off than on the day they sat for their first class.
As corrupt as CT is, we’re not alone.
I don’t know how to fix the FUBAR that is our educational system. Personally, I’ve stopped asking high schoolers if and where they’re going to college upon graduation. I simply ask, “What’s next” and respond a little more exuberantly to the wise grads who say they’re getting jobs and thinking about their next moves.
As corrupt as CT is, we’re alone.
Alone? Or not alone.
Thanks.
CT needs to cut back its state university system. Only 3.5 million people live in the state yet it boasts something like 18 campuses (Connecticut State University System) each with its own administration, ie President, Vice President, Dean etc - it’s a racket - top heavy with administrative positions. It needs to be consolidated and cut back. But like many things controlled by the Democrats, it’s an employment program that sucks taxes out of wage earners. The CT university system is way over extended, Vote for a Republican for Gov - like Stefanowski - to make real change.