Maybe college isn’t smartest path to success
College has become incredibly expensive. Because of student loans, members of the college class of 2010 owe, on average, $25,250 [The Enquirer, Nov. 3]. This staggering financial burden continues to...
View ArticleCollege still path to having a job
The writer of the letter “Maybe college isn’t the smartest path to success” (Nov. 13) asked the question “How many kids truly do need to attend and complete college?” The Bureau of Labor statistics for...
View ArticleVocational vouchers
In reference to the article by Denise Amos “Study: Many top-rated schools don’t deserve ranking,” while many schools apparently receive rankings they don’t deserve, the focus on this issue...
View ArticleWhy not call it the Big East/West/North/South?
While they are adding schools from Texas, Idaho and California, they might as well bite the whole bullet and change the league name to the Big East of Hawaii Conference, don’t you think? The collegiate...
View ArticleWhy not pay players?
Some Ohio legislators say it’s unfair not to pay student athletes. Athletes should be paid, they say, because they are poor, work hard, and bring their universities millions of dollars. The situation...
View ArticleWhy don’t conservatives establish own colleges?
Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has accused President Obama of being a “snob” because of his support for higher education, suggesting that colleges and universities are “liberal indoctrination...
View ArticleWhat is wrong with a college education?
Senator Rick Santorum calls President Obama a ‘snob’ for saying that he wants all Americans to be able to go to college. By this definition, Santorum himself is a triple snob with his baccalaureate and...
View ArticleRe-examine school goals
When did education start focusing on teaching TO the test instead of pushing students to their OVERALL highest potential (“Another perfect ACT score for Beechwood” April 16 KY edition)? As a parent, I...
View ArticleExcellent ratings, remedial courses
If Oak Hills High School has been named an “excellent” school, why do we need the Building Bridges for Career and College Readiness Consortium (“Oak Hills building bridges for career, college...
View ArticleEducation is overpriced
It should not surprise anyone that college costs are high and have outgrown inflation, even with all the government (taxpayer) money that is poured into them (“Surprise! Ohio colleges among most...
View ArticleThe educated can be deranged, too
As described by my favorite editorial columnist, Walter Williams, Jul 1, 2012, who I thought, indirectly, to emphasize those who should not seek a college education, left me with the impression that...
View ArticleMost entrepreneurs had some help
President Obama is correct when he says entrepreneurs don’t create companies by themselves. They received an education paid for by taxpayers and hire people who have been educated by taxpayers. If they...
View ArticleColleges’ spending increases debt
When applying for all these student loans did Katie Brotherton not realize loans have to be repaid? I have often thought of the current generation trying to go to school when I read about the rising...
View ArticleSchools should be punished for increases
The letter “State should reward schools for cost cuts” strikes me wrong. What the letter writer is proposing is essentially giving more taxpayer money when they are lowering their costs. It seems to me...
View ArticleWilliams’ column insightful
I always look forward to reading Walter E. Williams columns. I don’t always agree with him, but he always makes me think and he adds insight into the stupidities of the world. But never more so than in...
View ArticleSuing college for lack of acceptance is silly
First of all, I find it a little silly for anyone to sue a college simply because they were not accepted (“Critical mass key to affirmative action” Oct. 7). Abigail shouldn’t be happy about it, but...
View ArticleCoverage of flier a way or promotion
So Miami University did not do enough to deter rape and other criminal problems when a “Top Ten Ways to Get Away with Rape” flier was found posted in a co-ed dorm. Now The Enquirer has printed part of...
View ArticleThere should be a law against it
Four years ago, it was free ice cream and a sample Democratic ballot for some area high school students. Now it’s free pizza. (“GOP alleges Obama camp trades pizza for votes” (Oct. 27). I believe there...
View ArticleResults are more important than image for colleges
Cliff Peale’s article (“Colleges are testing new marketing strategies,” June 22) sounds like schools are working hard to tell prospective students and their parents what image to have of the school....
View ArticleFor-profits perpetuate debt
I found Cincinnati State President O’dell Owens’ concern for the ability of career college students to transfer their credits to so-called traditional colleges and universities rather ironic...
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