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moreland01

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5. Unfortunately, this makes sense.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 11:13 AM

17 hrs ago

Universities are too expensive now. Students never before had to consider whether their degree would gain them access to a career that would pay them enough to comfortably pay off their student loans. That is a huge problem.

Perhaps there should be caps on loan amounts for degrees associated with low-wage professions.

Should a social worker be allowed to saddle themselves with $250k worth of taxpayer-funded government-backed loans? Stressful!!!

Personally, I think people who are doing the world a favor by taking up these professions should have free college, but I'm not the king.

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Under a new federal rule, colleges must leave grads better off or lose financial aid [View all] BumRushDaShow 19 hrs ago OP

Trump University would have never met that test FakeNoose 19 hrs ago #1

Is that immediately upon graduation or is that over the graduate's lifetime DBoon 18 hrs ago #2

Exactly. Lonestarblue 18 hrs ago #3

My kid majored in Politics, minored in History. Got a job immediately with a Fortune 200 company Raftergirl 17 hrs ago #4

Unfortunately, this makes sense. moreland01 17 hrs ago #5

There is a borrowing cap on how much one can take out in Federal loans Used to be around $5k Raftergirl 17 hrs ago #6

there are several reasons this is absurd... mike_c 14 hrs ago #7

The student loan program should be reformed but not like this....education is not just about walkingman 13 hrs ago #8

#1 Weed out the students who are there only to have a good time. Also, if you go by this theory, universities phxjurist 13 hrs ago #9

Our education system needs a complete revamp. cstanleytech 10 hrs ago #10

College should not be considered a trade school SorellaLaBefana 10 hrs ago #11