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Did I miss the elephant in the financial aid office?

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Bogart Posted: Thu, Jan 10 2013 12:05 PM

 This article misses the most important reason why college enrolement would be going down, that the loans used to finance it are not worth the degrees being supplied.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324442304578231922159602676.html

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They mention it:

"...shaky job prospects for graduates..."

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This article misses the most important reason why college enrolement would be going down, that the loans used to finance it are not worth the degrees being supplied.

You mean that 'the degrees are not worth the loans used to finance them'.

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You mean that 'the degrees are not worth the loans used to finance them'.

What do you mean?

All the good jobs that pay a decent amount require a degree of some sort....

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Geez, you are like 6 years old.  The OP posted an inaccurate combination of words.  I corrected him.

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HabbaBabba replied on Sun, Jan 13 2013 10:31 PM

"All the good jobs that pay a decent amount require a degree of some sort...."

I think I've seen this a couple times... Is it sarcasm?

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