Second dumbest city in America? (San Antonio, Alamo: living, education, campus)

[Merovee]

State Sen. Jeff Wentworth (R-San Antonio) hopes to axe tuition assistance for low-income students he sees as unfairly paid for by the struggling families of other students. Senate Bill 298 would eliminate the set-aside portion of tuition revenue dedicated to student financial assistance at higher education institutions.

Eliminate college tuition-funded student aid, Wentworth says | The American Independent

[HillCountryHotRodMan]

I can guarantee you that if THECB set-asides are eliminated, access to higher education will be significantly reduced to many worthy students who might otherwise not attend. It won't cause tuition rates to fall, it will only increase Federal Direct loans, and that's the next economic downfall to our country, as you will see in the forthcoming year. Wait for the "Pop!" sound when that bubble breaks.

[xsa210tx]

Originally Posted by Merovee

Eliminate college tuition-funded student aid, Wentworth says | The American Independent

Sen. Jeff Wentworth's brain must be the size of an ant.

[L210]

Texas is planning on eliminating from 8,000 to over 9,000 government jobs to deal with the now expected $27 billion deficit, including those at public universities and not including those at public school districts. Dewhurst is saying that many of these positions will be vacancies. If you're in a hard to find degree program with very little students, expect those professors to be gone.

Draft budget cuts 8,000 state jobs; furloughs possible | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

Texas budget proposals call for thousands of job cuts | Texas Legislature | News from Fo...

[Quattro72]

Originally Posted by Dopo

It works the other way around,
highly educated population attract high paying jobs.
Just read about the history of any place like Silicon Valley and you'll see the same thing.

I agree. It is definitely a two-way street. The issue is that there are not many high paying jobs here because there are not enough highly educated professionals. And are not many highly educated professionals here because there are not many high paying jobs.

[Dopo]

Originally Posted by Merovee

Eliminate college tuition-funded student aid, Wentworth says | The American Independent

As they say in XM America Left:
"It's your fault that you weren't born in the lucky sperm club?"

[Quattro72]

Perhaps this explains why San Antonio is the 2nd dumbest city in America:

Poor nutrition linked to lowered IQ, behavioral problems, study shows | San Antonio Business Journal

[L210]

If children are malnourished their first few years of life, their IQ potential is substantially reduced. Even an overweight child can be malnourished in the sense they aren't consuming enough necessary nutrients.

[scuba steve]

Originally Posted by HillCountryHotRodMan

...It won't cause tuition rates to fall, it will only increase Federal Direct loans, and that's the next economic downfall to our country, as you will see in the forthcoming year. Wait for the "Pop!" sound when that bubble breaks.

Pretty much... college loans are more or less risk free because they can't be discharged so you have a sort of unlimited amount of money available to schools in the form of tuition and fees. Whatever they want to charge students, loans will be available to supply. Bring risk and one's future ability to pay it back into the equation and funding will drop, but tuition and fees will have to turn back to what the market will now bear.

[Dopo]

Originally Posted by Quattro72

Perhaps this explains why San Antonio is the 2nd dumbest city in America:

Poor nutrition linked to lowered IQ, behavioral problems, study shows | San Antonio Business Journal

I saw a lot of skinny and fat people from all over the World getting engineering degrees.
Including countries such as Botswana, Kenya, Ethiopia and many others.