Burnt Orange Report

22%!!!!???
Gee Whiz!
I guess this explains why when I ordered something at a fast food place that they did not have and had to order something different, the guy just looked at me when I told him I needed the money back for the first thing I ordered. Then proceeded to hand me the money for the cost of the second thing.
He finally had to get the manager to refund me 1.50 for my drink and charge me a dime for water.
I'm pretty sure he never really understood what was going on.
22%?
I hope this test has gotten more difficult since 1993.
It springs eternal.

I'm not quite sure that I have read anywhere Tinker Bells college readiness anything? Maybe the tiny bell team should check its facts and be positive for once! At least Judge Bob backs up his attacks with solutions. We need to always provide a better idea when we complain.

Run Bob Run!

Didn't you read it? Bell has a plan....he is going to make sure the textbooks are not censored because that is clearly what is causing the problem. Wow, what a terrible plan.

On the test stats. Oh my God. That is pretty disturbing. Hard to call tests of basic skills high stakes though.

"At least Judge Bob backs up his attacks with solutions."

Some offer solutions. Others, sound bytes.

Baby Snooks, True but are Bell's (and poor Jason's)even good sound bites? It's more like they just bite.

Biting and after awhile, quite boring.

amen!

" ... to enter college and then get smacked with a $3600 bill for tuition and fees. That's no joke folks, that's how much I pay to take more than 12 semester hours (flat rate tuition plan)"
So What?! Spend less time posting on BOR and more time working and maybe you can afford it. You and your family should be in charge of paying for your college education, not the government. I don't feel obligated to pay for your higher education ...

The real reason why so many colleges and universities have raised tuition and fees is they used their endowment funds as personal investment programs benefitting "insiders" and they lost quite a bit of the endowment funds. Rather than address that, they find it easier to blame "increased costs" and raise the tuition and fees.

The UT board of regents should have been called on the carpet in particular. I have yet to see any "heads roll" over the matter.

Instead I think the board of regents at one point issued some sort of statement about how all investments are risky. And left it at that.

They weren't risky for some of the fund managers - they were in fact "sure things."

You know what Robert...I have ABSOLUTELY no problem paying my college bill...and I do pay them myself thank you. I also do what I please with my free time, thank you.

The point I'm trying to make is that I'm the exception and not the rule. There are people out there that don't have the opportunity to attend college not because they are't smart enough, or haven't proven their academic meddle. It's because of their economic status. And saying that they don't deserve to go to a university of the highest cailber because they can't afford it is about the most selfish thing I've ever heard anyone say.

I don't think you are an exception. UT is still one of the best deals in the nation and student loans are pretty damn easy to come by. I'll be writing that check til I'm gray.

It is a pretty interesting quandry though. The benefits of higher ed accrue primarily to the individual so I don't think it is unreasonable to expect them to pay for it. On the other hand, subsidizing higher education seems about the best money government can spend (see Ireland). It would be better if we actually subsidized people instead of the institutions though. Higher ed is a fricking cash cow in this state and they are rarely held to account for anything. When you subsidize the institution there is a tendency to take on their mission rather than maintain the focus on education.

UT is CHEAP. If you can't afford UT, then there are plenty of places you can go. Likely if you can get into UT then you can go to A&M for practically free. Many people pay for their college tuition completely by themselves. $8000 a year in costs is not going to kill you. Especially if you cut your cost of living. Most people of that low economic status can find scholarships or grants. The possibilities are endless if you are minority status. If you are a poor white male, then you can just break a leg and claim you are disabled.

"At least Judge Bob backs up his attacks with solutions."

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And those solutions are?
Haven't seen them at the website.

When he whacked the Gov. he stated what he would do instead. the day he filed.