HagridOfTheDeep
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2012, 01:28:19 PM » |
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Nay
I don't see why the federal government should be in the business of operating universities.
I'm also not a fan of the fact that this bill would seem to punish regions that do not put forward a location for one of these schools. By giving the funding to another region, out-of-region competition grows, which puts a lot of pressure on the region that simply wanted to control its own educational affairs. As such, educational challenges for that region could mount, until such point as the region is cornered into accepting the federal scheme. Normally I'm a fan of competition, but when the federal government picks sides, things get a little stacked.
The 50% tax on universities not accepting federal loan money is also problematic. There are often legitimate reasons why these institutions are against loan assisstance. The semantics of operating a college shouldn't be up to us: Ultimately, students choose which universities are successful and which universities are not. A 50% tax is a ridiculous amount of money that would effectively kill the universities that have to pay it... how do you give students the resources they need if 50% of their tuition goes right to the government so that it can fund other universities? You'll see tuition prices soar at the taxed institutions until they become so high that no one wants to be a student there. The institution will close, and you'll have a situation where the government was directly responsible for shutting down a whole industry. I can't support that.
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