Category Archives: Education
Priorities
May 5, 2018 The Russian/NATO Front On December 26, 1991 the Soviet Union officially dissolved, and the world breathed a collective sigh of relief. With the threat of impending nuclear war all but gone -it was assumed- the whole purpose of NATO necessarily ceased to exist, and for the first … Continue reading
Student Loan Debt
January 13, 2016 Total student loan debt in the United States is increasing at a rate of about $2,853.88 per second and has now passed $1.3 trillion. To access the student loan debt clock and a wealth of information click here.
UCLA Fees 1949-1950
Source: Registrar Archive, University of California at Los Angeles Inflation conversion factor 1950-2014 = 9.8520; 2014 dollars in parentheses. Incidental fee: $39 ($384.23) Covers certain expenses of students for library books, athletic and gymnasium facilities and equipment, lockers and washrooms, registration and graduation, consultation, medical advice, dispensary treatment as can … Continue reading
College and the Middle Class
Contrary to what some have been led to believe, a college education is not a panacea, only a distraction from the real reasons for our predicament. The fact is, even if colleges and universities wanted to accept each and every high school graduate, they do not have the physical capacity … Continue reading