Originally Posted By jonvn News story today that says at UC Berkely, two out of three students are either immigrants or the children of immigrants. This is higher than the rest of the UC system, where only HALF the students are immigrants or the children of immigrants. We are failing our children. We are not providing education for them to compete, and we are becoming a nation incapable of doing anything anymore.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Well outside of California, the cost of college education has skyrocketed to the point where most cannot afford it for their children -- that would be step 1 to start if we are going to correct. going to the U of I here for instance is an $80K proposition, if one can graduate in 4 years. Private schools insane - my alma mater is now $175K for 4 years - who has that ?
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP Nobody: hence the growing student loan burden on Americans. Still a good investment though. The rate of return isn't what it once was because you have to invest so much more to get that degree, but it still pays off. I knew my whole life that my parents would be able to pay for very little of my college education, as did my sibblings, but all four of us picked cheap schools and got through. (BTW: the 4 year school w/the lowest average student loan burden? Not one of those inexpensive state schools, Well Endowed Princton. Another reason to rack up those A grades and get into a well endowed Ivy, though they're not all as generous as Princeton.) I would also love to know what percentage of all Californians are first of second generation immigrants. Not an insignifigant number I'm sure, though I doubt it's anywhere near 2/3 to 1/2.
