30 Issues l Stories of NOT Affording a College Education
From not being able to afford tuition to not being able to afford NOT working and earning an income, there are plenty of ways to get priced-out of a college education.
Jon Marcus, writer and higher-education editor The Hechinger Report, talks about the cost of and access to higher education.
How programs to help pay for college often benefit the rich: one student's struggle. https://t.co/vsmKTuaIO9 pic.twitter.com/4z1bdnz7lC
— Jon Marcus (@JonMarcusBoston) May 24, 2016
@BrianLehrer Yes. Me. My mom wouldn't help me pay for school, so I delayed a year, worked FT and went PT. Took me 13 years but I did it.
— Dana Neuts (@SPJDana) May 26, 2016
@BrianLehrer I know some who started & had to drop out bc couldn't afford price increases midway. Worst of all worlds: Debt but no degree
— Marsha (@DKUN111) May 26, 2016
@BrianLehrer: Postponed 20 years but finally went to Columbia & grad schl too. Took 20+ yrs to pay off $
— Mary L. C-Platt (@Emmyllu) May 26, 2016
@BrianLehrer I keep taking semesters off because I can't afford it. I've been going on/off for 6 years now.
— Sloth (@GabeBNYC) May 26, 2016
@BrianLehrer I don't a hard date, no. It'd help if I knew the FAFSA/NYS TAP amount a month or two before start of semester, to plan better.
— Sloth (@GabeBNYC) May 26, 2016
@BrianLehrer was my dream to go to NYU, father's alma mater. But, as broke NJ res (father permanently disabled in 9/11), I went to Rutgers
— Piotr (@666piotr666) May 26, 2016
@JonMarcusBoston @BrianLehrer i think the last caller about Art school is the more common story. I was there. The in between suffer
— Rosa Linda (@RosaLinda168) May 26, 2016
