Colleges to counteract dwindling ranks of high school graduates

pstokely

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Wed Jul-13-11 08:16 AM
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Colleges to counteract dwindling ranks of high school graduates

Source: KC Star

The Columbia and Kansas City campuses of the University of Missouri again will be awash in freshmen this fall.

But it may be a high tide.

In eight years, if a recent national report is correct, the number of high school graduates in Missouri will fall by 5 percent.

An aging population, coupled with a decline in high school graduates entering college and the workforce, is a matter for national concern, experts say.

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/07/12/3010885/as-number-of-high-school-graduates.html

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Buddyblazon

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Thu Jul-14-11 01:37 PM
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1. They've ruined the higher education system...

really...if you break it down to how much you'll pay for a bachelors degree...and factor in how much (or really...how little) you'll be making after you graduate, I hate to say it, but it's just a bad investment if looked at from the financial side.

Now I'll stress that I think education is important. VERY important. But is it so important that one should be themselves in such a debt that requires them to pay for decades and decades? Really...it's become the new indentured servitude. "We put you though school, and you can be forever in debt to us.".

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Volaris

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Thu Jul-14-11 02:31 PM
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2. I would agree....while not perfect by any stretch of the imagination,

I think even having to run a fryer at the local fast food place is almost acceptable if you have a degree, because you KNOW that you're smarter than the goon who probably writes your schedule, it's just a matter of time till you're outta there and on to something better (hopefully)...

As far as getting into debt over a college education is concerned, I have learned to pay CASH for all my classes...it takes longer, but the ability to go earn 30-50 grand the first year out, and NOT have to give it right back to a bank, is a plus in my book...but that's just me....

opinions to the contrary are welcome, as always..

Peace...

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