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Trump is expanding the student loan scam?

Trump is expanding the student loan scam?

Ctrl-Left hate site Huffington Post has a massive article on a trend of for-profits associating themselves as non-profits. While this has been going on long before Trump, they’ll blame it on him all the same. I’ve seen it before, but this time they kind of have a point: The person in charge of higher education […] … learn more→

Student loans warping society, Part 2

Student loans warping society, Part 2

So I’ve been wandering through a Buzzfeed article of all things, which talks about the student loans. We’ve established that 15-20% of the population has these loans, that they’re inescapable, that default rates are steadily rising and, bottom line, these victims won’t be able to pay them off. The important detail here is the 15-20%, […] … learn more→

Jon Stossel on the College scam

Jon Stossel on the College scam

Jon Stossel is one of the last few remaining investigative reporters, and used to be on television quite often, 20 years ago. His big career-killing problem was he tends to investigate government waste and corruption. It’s painfully obvious today that much (all?) of our mainstream media is just another department of our government, or at […] … learn more→

The predatory MFA

The predatory MFA

“I’m going to be an engineer! I get free tuition for taking the classes!” –So many female students walk on campus saying something like this. I have no problem with scholarship, but there’s a trap here many “female engineering students” fall into… Every year, students come to campus, and many are clever enough to understand: […] … learn more→