Brown wins Massachusetts !

[Total_Blender]

Sorry, I wrote that wrong. Not the deficit. I mean that tuition's have already gone up, but would go up even more. This is to happen to all states except Nebraska if the Higher Education bill goes through. All other states would be supporting a small percentage to Nebraska for some reason or another, therefore their tuition wont be rising like everyone else. The guy being interviewed mentioned a throwback, which makes me think of a kickback.

Sorry, but I don't see any kickbacks in the text of the Higher Education bill HR4137

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill...37&tab=summary

Some features of this bill that I like...

Defines criteria of foreign medical programs that can receive title IV funds.

Defines criteria on "diploma mills" and other scams.

Requires colleges to provide their students with bibliographic information on their textbooks including ISBN. Also requires college bookstores to disclose the price at which the publisher wholesales textbooks and retails textbooks the general public.

Establishes a test program at 10 universities that will allow students to rent their course materials rather than buy.

Makes the FAFSA more easily accessible to consumers, including a FAFSA-EZ for students who are not expected to have family-based education funding.

Enhances the Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 in which the attorney general repays student loans for those who serve for 3 years as a state or local criminal prosecutor or public defender.

I didn't see anything in the text of the bill about title IV money or any other college funding being diverted to the deficits of State governments.

Tuition will rise everywhere because the state governments are broke and can't fund the schools. But those rises will be determined by the schools and their respective state governments. Congress has nothing to do with that, and I don't see any basis for claims of kickbacks etc.

If you want to talk about kickbacks at the state level and university tuition and expenses... thats another story...

[5speed]

Sorry, but I don't see any kickbacks in the text of the Higher Education bill HR4137

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill...37&tab=summary

Some features of this bill that I like...

Defines criteria of foreign medical programs that can receive title IV funds.

Defines criteria on "diploma mills" and other scams.

Requires colleges to provide their students with bibliographic information on their textbooks including ISBN. Also requires college bookstores to disclose the price at which the publisher wholesales textbooks and retails textbooks the general public.

Establishes a test program at 10 universities that will allow students to rent their course materials rather than buy.

Makes the FAFSA more easily accessible to consumers, including a FAFSA-EZ for students who are not expected to have family-based education funding.

Enhances the Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 in which the attorney general repays student loans for those who serve for 3 years as a state or local criminal prosecutor or public defender.

I didn't see anything in the text of the bill about title IV money or any other college funding being diverted to the deficits of State governments.

Tuition will rise everywhere because the state governments are broke and can't fund the schools. But those rises will be determined by the schools and their respective state governments. Congress has nothing to do with that, and I don't see any basis for claims of kickbacks etc.

If you want to talk about kickbacks at the state level and university tuition and expenses... thats another story...

I like those features too. The senator, who ever he was, clearly said throwback when referring to Nebraska. I'm just trying to figure out where in the hell that came from. The Congress doesn't have anything to do with it, but the way he said it clearly said that other states would cover that state and that state only. Doesn't make one bit of sense to me at all. That just isn't how it works.