There are better ways to pay for college
Editor, Times-Dispatch:
Ever since the proliferation of easy-to-get student loans, people have been entering college at record rates. I say entering because a lot of them are not graduating. Those who do often spend five or six years getting a four-year degree.
Once they do graduate, they feel they are entitled to white-collar jobs that pay at least $50,000 a year so they can pay off their student loans. This is causing a great need for workers in the trade and manufacturing sectors as well as creating some highly educated food stamp recipients who are unemployed and heavily in debt.
Just as with the housing industry, these easy-to-get loans sound great but are leading many into bankruptcy. We need to do away with government-guaranteed loans and let the borrowers qualify on their own merits. Anything given or easily obtained is usually not appreciated and often wasted.
Anyone who truly wants but cannot afford a college education can usually find a way to receive assistance. But it requires work and sacrifice. The U.S. military has excellent educational packages, apprenticeship programs, employer-sponsored tuition, on-the-job training and many more programs.
Stanley Holmes.
Chesterfield.
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