Billionaire Robert F. Smith pledges to pay Morehouse 2019 grads’ student loans

Re:Billionaire Robert F. Smith pledges to pay Morehouse 2019... by sq_ on Monday May 20, 2019 @12:29AM (#19957522)

Obviously, anecdotes aren't data, but "go to a CC for two years and transfer" is the path that a lot of people I know tried to take, and almost all of them ended up dropping out. A few joined the military, but almost all of the rest are just working standard service jobs, though they originally had much higher aspirations.

I know some of that might be attributed to them just being lazy or not being motivated, but it has been, in my experience, such a common story that I feel that there's a problem with providing kids with a simple life plan of "get two years at the local community college and transfer out".

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Re:Billionaire Robert F. Smith pledges to pay Morehouse 2019... by godelski on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @10:57PM (#19987962)

I went to community college before I went to Uni. At least at my uni everyone that transferred in ended up not getting scholarships (we were told we would get them but constantly got a run around or financial aid would schedule meetings with us after the due date). We all ended up paying a little more than those that went all 4 years (who just maintained their scholarships).

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Re:Billionaire Robert F. Smith pledges to pay Morehouse 2019... by scarface74 on Monday May 20, 2019 @08:48AM (#19959801)

Isn’t that even a better argument for going to a two year college? What if they spent those first two years spending more at a four year college and still had no degree?

But if the students didn’t complete a 2 year degree while staying at home, what are the chances of them completing a four year degree when they would have more autonomy and less oversight?

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