[geeks] Q: Regarding Linux in K-12 education

[gsm at mendelson.com]

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 05:55:18PM -0500, Lionel Peterson wrote:

> Waving my 'one specific instance disproved your generalization' flag,  
> let me point out that better than 95% of the graduates from my local  
> public high school go on to college. If course that doesn't mean they  
> won't wind up with clerical jobs (book store clerks, waitresses and  
> coffee shop baristas count, right?)

How many of them go to on Rutger's and pay (comparatively) little?

Looking it up, the tutition is around $12k a year (there are other fees,
etc) Compare that to schools across the river, Penn ($35k), Drexel's around
$32k and so on. Temple is about the same, but twice that for New Jersey
residents.

On the other coast, how many California high school students will go on to 
college when the free tution at the UC's is gone (it may be gone already)?

While I am sure that the ones that can afford it will continue to go
as the price rises and government support drops, what about all the
people who can't? 

The days of cheap/free college and low interest loans are gone and 
probably won't come back for a long time. 

Geoff.

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