In fact, the following article reads like a companion piece to my post last week: "This ugly partnership of deceit."
From "The Debt Crisis at American Colleges" (The Atlantic, August 17):
So here's a low-cost plan, even if it won't win envy points at the country club. Let's suppose you live in Pueblo, Colorado. Your child's first two years can be at the local community college, where the annual tab is $3,399. The classes tend to be small, unlike the mega-lectures at the flagship schools; the faculty gives full attention to teaching, since they're not pressured to churn out research. Moreover, every community college has a liberal arts division. You can study philosophy and history, as well as air conditioning repair. For your last two years, Pueblo will facilitate a transfer to Colorado State University in Fort Collins, where tuition is $6,985, with room and board at $8,744. Entering as a junior, you'll find it easier to find and enroll with interesting professors. Total four-year cost: $38,256. We'd hope this is a sum parents could put in a college fund. And if you apply yourself at Fort Collins, its faculty will give you strong recommendations. Harvard law school, Stanford medical school, and Chicago business school make a point of looking for promising candidates from places like Colorado State. In fact, they may take you over graduates of Tulane (who laid out $206,821) or Georgetown ($214,364).Related entries
■ “Some of them could have bought a house for what they spent on their education.”
■ “‘You are in deep doo-doo, little girl.’”
■ Community college
■ Paying for college, revisited
■ Paying for college: A rant of modest proportions
■ About college
1 comments:
I'm listening and taking notes! I appreciate all your posts regarding college. My oldest is only 9, but with four kids it's never too early to start planning for college (or college alternatives.) My husband, by the way, failed miserably at the traditional four year undergraduate tradition. Instead, he started working as a PGA apprentice at different golf courses, and even had an employer who paid for his education (the PGA has its own business school that one must pass through to get an official PGA card). He now has a comfortable job, doing what he loves, and we don't have any debt from his schooling. My schooling, on the other hand, is a different story.
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