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joeglow3

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1. How would they be put out of business?

Sat Jan 10, 2015, 11:38 PM

Jan 2015

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I can honestly say I do not know a single intelligent person who has gone to a for profit school. I knew a few idiots who did.

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Do you believe that Princeton, Harvard and Yale are fighting for their survival? [View all] CK_John Jan 2015 OP

How would they be put out of business? joeglow3 Jan 2015 #1

No kidding, not only will they retain their extreme prestige Warpy Jan 2015 #15

How would free community college madville Jan 2015 #2

A friend of mine did the CC-to-Stanford jump Recursion Jan 2015 #4

It's the for profit that is competing with main line universities. CK_John Jan 2015 #5

Not really. The for-profit schools aggressively recruit The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2015 #12

I agree 100% with this. The Ivies have a whole different clientele -- the rich, the Nay Jan 2015 #34

+1. Ivies are in no danger; I hope to god for-profits are. But I fear state univerisities would NewDeal_Dem Jan 2015 #48

It's more likely to help the four-year state schools, I think. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2015 #56

Harvard is an investment trust with a curio education sideline. It will do fine Recursion Jan 2015 #3

The Ivy League schools won't be affected by this proposal. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2015 #6

This proposal will re-frame the whole university education system. CK_John Jan 2015 #8

I just hired a woman who went to a local community college for her first two years, Sheldon Cooper Jan 2015 #9

Pay her 100% instead of the standard 76%. CK_John Jan 2015 #16

I'll be honest... I've had terrible luck with halfsies graduates. Adrahil Jan 2015 #24

Here are my Counter Conspiracy Theories for You daredtowork Jan 2015 #7

No conspiracy just my opinion, Harvard accepted 2100 a year while The University of Phoenix CK_John Jan 2015 #10

Do employers even take "degrees" from U Phoenix seriously? cyberswede Jan 2015 #11

Yes, the federal government is one, also teacher graduate degrees are popular. CK_John Jan 2015 #13

Oh nonsense tkmorris Jan 2015 #23

I doubt very much that a degree from a for-profit online school The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2015 #14

I'm concerned about the success of the proposed free community college not CK_John Jan 2015 #17

Not at my company. n/t Adrahil Jan 2015 #25

Yes, unfortunately. My former workplace did and it is started to suffer from Nay Jan 2015 #35

The resume scanner doesn't care. n/t lumberjack_jeff Jan 2015 #78

How Many Kids Applied erpowers Jan 2015 #18

So. CK_John Jan 2015 #19

So, Harvard Is Not Struggling for Suurvival erpowers Jan 2015 #30

Harvard became more selective daredtowork Jan 2015 #22

No Harvard wants to stay exclusive. AngryAmish Jan 2015 #41

Harvard will be affect also since the states will have pony up about 25 % CK_John Jan 2015 #46

Congress will not determine accreditation or student transfers . The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2015 #58

Your first sentence has grammatical errors AndreaCG Jan 2015 #68

I have a conspiracy theory too. When I was a kid, my right wing relatives used to laugh at NewDeal_Dem Jan 2015 #50

Well 1/2 of graduates are unemployed or underemployed and the rest are CK_John Jan 2015 #52

A rider to your Conspiracy Theory daredtowork Jan 2015 #55

I have no idea what you are trying to say. My opinion is about the reason behind CK_John Jan 2015 #61

How big is Harvard's endowment? Retrograde Jan 2015 #20

Will Congress pass this proposal for free 2yr college plan? CK_John Jan 2015 #21

Not multimillions, multi billions Krytan11c Jan 2015 #26

Probably astronomical. CTyankee Jan 2015 #44

Think out of box, this is about the whole higher ed system. CK_John Jan 2015 #47

The first word is more important than the next three. (nt) jeff47 Jan 2015 #60

The Ivies will be just fine. The diploma mills should and will die. Personally, I think this is a napi21 Jan 2015 #27

Ivy folk do not go to community college. oldandhappy Jan 2015 #28

Wrong again ... GeorgeGist Jan 2015 #29

lmao. i know, laughing some more. i know. i am pondering what it really is about. nt seabeyond Jan 2015 #39

They aren't for profit SteveG Jan 2015 #31

Thanks for that list. It shows what the mainline universities are up against. CK_John Jan 2015 #33

They'll survive SteveG Jan 2015 #36

When just 1 of those for profits has 227,000 enrolled you have to be alarmed CK_John Jan 2015 #37

U Of Michigan, Ohio State, Michigan State University & so on irisblue Jan 2015 #67

No. n/t tammywammy Jan 2015 #32

you put out the most outrageous statements ignoring so much of an issue, to arrive at an extreme. seabeyond Jan 2015 #38

Your opinion, which I think is head in the sand thinking. CK_John Jan 2015 #40

mmm hmm seabeyond Jan 2015 #42

Do you have any clue what TBF Jan 2015 #43

with Harvard rejecting 96% of applicants, Yale and Princeton 93%, I doubt DrDan Jan 2015 #45

Not quite Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2015 #49

Yes, as posted in the OP. CK_John Jan 2015 #51

The Ivies are picking up even more steam right now if anything. Exultant Democracy Jan 2015 #53

People who attend Yale, Harvard and Princeton are not paying for the education notadmblnd Jan 2015 #54

That's largely true. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2015 #63

George W. AWOL Bush, a high-functioning imbecile, has a degree from Yale tabasco Jan 2015 #57

W was a legacy admission. All colleges are stuck with a few of those. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2015 #62

Um....no. jeff47 Jan 2015 #59

Free Communitty College wont even hurt for profits. spyker29 Jan 2015 #64

no. spanone Jan 2015 #65

Are you kidding? Harvard. e.g., has a $36-BILLION-dollar endowment! WinkyDink Jan 2015 #66

Yale owes and runs New Haven. bigwillq Jan 2015 #69

I think the four-year schools will be better off under a universal CC regime jmowreader Jan 2015 #70

not to mention the decrease in the number of sections of remedial skills classes. salin Jan 2015 #71

Are you nuts? salin Jan 2015 #72

What? MFrohike Jan 2015 #73

But this proposal is DOA WhaTHellsgoingonhere Jan 2015 #74

They are all quaking in their boots because of competition from the University of Phoenix! FSogol Jan 2015 #75

The Ivy League is in trouble DonCoquixote Jan 2015 #76

Harvard had 30 billion dollars in their endowment. lumberjack_jeff Jan 2015 #77

Those schools have enormous endowments BainsBane Jan 2015 #79