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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 - 11:44am
New American Revolution or New American Civil War?
Marketwatch's Paul B. Farrell wrote a very interesting story Tuesday entitled "Super Rich vs. 99%: Class war will explode" regarding Occupy Wall Street, the evolution of class warfare, and the conservative response to the Occupy Wall Street movement. Farrell: "Forget politics. The 99%, the Occupy...
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The Value of Useless Education
Friday, December 2, 2011 - 1:17pmBy Dr. Marcus Goncalves Herbert Spencer, a prescient philosopher of the 1800s, posed the question, "What type of education is of most value?" Educators and parents alike still wrestle with that elusive question today. The goals of education tend to fluctuate with time. During the earlier part of...
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Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 4:56pm
Obama's Student Loans Plan: Fair or Fraudulent?
In the aftermath of Pres. Obama's announcement regarding new measures to ease the burden of debt for strudents struggling to pay back their college loans, critics are beginning to circle. According to CBS News, where the original plan would allow borrowers to reduce their monthly payments from...
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The Higher Ed Bubble, and the Coming Student Loan Crackup
Friday, September 30, 2011 - 8:56amThe Wall Street Journal on yet another Obama administration-sponsored mess — student loans: Washington's Quietest Disaster Student loan defaults are growing, and the worst is still to come. When critics warned about rising defaults on government-backed student loans two years ago, the question was...
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The Atlantic: The Value of College is (A) Growing, (B) Flat, (C) Falling, (D) All of the Above
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 12:02pmThe debate on college costs versus return on value was an early topic here on FMMF, but has hit the mainstream the past two years. The Atlantic has a big series of graphs showing arguments on both sides - I think one caption probably described the situation best: college works less like an...
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Monday, August 1, 2011 - 12:03pm
The Ultimate Problem With A Higher Ed Bubble
There has been a lot of talk recently regarding a possible bubble in higher education. With increasing tuition costs for students and a dire job market after graduation, more are beginning to ask whether getting a college education is really worth it. Given the prevalent use of student loans to...
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