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Melissa Maggioncalda's avatar

The cost of tuition has skyrocketed while the education provided has plummeted. These universities are accepting government money in the form of loans to students who are being sold a bill of goods. In the meantime the universities are spending a fortunen DEI officers who do nothing but dumb down education, hire professors based on their skin colors and/or ideas rather than their merit, and hold professors and students hostage to this crazy ideology. Alumni should stop funding their alma mater if they promote this nonsense and indoctrinate their students. Everything is about diversity until it comes to diversity of thought. Hillsdale College does not accept government funding and is one of the only schools that continues to have high standards for learning and debate.

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Philip N Marcus's avatar

The major value of those outrageous tuition bills is...(drum roll) status. And the "status" value deflates with each graduating class. Word is out. Steve Jobs had warned against schools offering computer skills as education: he said check the costs for your electrician, plumber, BMW mechanic, etc. etc. etc., when many ordinary Ph.Ds won't earn minimum wages as adjuncts. Get real jobs, most people do, have always done, and soon higher ed. is a female thing.

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mcara's avatar

Great diversity characterization, but your best idea is to cut off their funding - don’t give these universities money for anything including sports, vote for state legislators who will reduce their funding and don’t send your children to these schools for nonsense masquerading as education. Also, tell your federal representatives you don’t support the Biden loan forgiveness program (and vote accordingly) - this isn’t to help students, it is a back door payment to allow woke universities to survive.

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JMF's avatar

Hi Melissa,

I LOVE what you said.....”everything is about diversity until it comes to diversity of thought.” I’m going to use that one! 😀

Have a great day!

John

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Observer of it All's avatar

‘Everything is about diversity until it comes to diversity of thought.” Spot on.

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