Get with the times

"Getting with the times," imo, means investing in community college (which some states are doing, but I don't expect much from the federal government). Students should be able to live at home while going to school so as to ease the financial burden, which means they need somewhere local to attend. Hence, community college is where the future is.

Imo, the government should NOT raid the aggregate limit of loans. Quite honestly, that's part of how we got into this skyrocketing tuition mess to begin with. If students can take out loans for insanely high tuition costs, then they will, and schools will keep raising the tuition. If loan programs put their foot down and limit the amount students can pay, students will stop attending the most expensive program and the schools will be forced to lower their tuition if they want anyone to attend. Yes, we need to do something about the costs of school. But more loans is NOT the answer.

Furthermore, the rule that you can only get grants for one degree need to be updated. We live in an era where many fields have become obsolete, but there is no provision for re-education.

I agree with you, but I want to point out that you can take out loans for a second degree. I am a career changer and I will quite possibly be doing this. It's far from impossible to switch paths with the system we have now. In fact, I may not have to even take out loans because the low cost of community college (which is more expensive at my school than at most CC's in the rest of the country) has made it doable.

My understanding, also, is that there are grants for people transition from certain dying fields such as those who are machinists or miners.

I do believe they need to make it easier to get into high demand fields, but you act as if no one's doing anything to promote career changes. This is flat out wrong. I'm entering STEM and there's being nothing but support and opportunities everywhere I look.

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