{"id":38293,"date":"2013-03-14T09:58:21","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T13:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=38293"},"modified":"2013-03-14T10:08:43","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T14:08:43","slug":"how-washington-could-make-college-tuition-free-without-spending-a-penny-more-on-education-weissmann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2013\/03\/14\/how-washington-could-make-college-tuition-free-without-spending-a-penny-more-on-education-weissmann\/","title":{"rendered":"How Washington could make college tuition free (without spending a penny more on education) [Weissmann]"},"content":{"rendered":"

How Washington could make college tuition free (without spending a penny more on education)<\/strong><\/a> — from theatlantic.com by Jordan Weissmann<\/p>\n

From DSC:<\/em><\/span>
\n This article reminds me of<\/span> this graphic I created a few years ago…<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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From DSC:
\nBack in April 2009, I added these comments to that graphic:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

For students: Bring costs waaaayyyyy down and access waaayyy up!<\/strong> <\/span>
\n Plus, no more defaulted loans, students could experience richer content, students wouldn’t have to wait as much on financial aid decisions. There would be fewer financial aid headaches; and the resources devoted to figuring out & processing financial aid could be reduced. The issue will be how an institution can differentiate itself in such a new world…but that issue will have to be dealt with in the future anyway.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n“It is a ridiculous irony that FAFSA is too intimidating a process for many of the very people it is designed to assist. Margaret Spellings, secretary of education in the Bush administration, estimated that 8 million American families never applied for aid<\/strong> for which they were eligible because they were scared off by the FAFSA process.”<\/em><\/p>\n

— from College loan ritual an absurd maze<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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