ROI doesn't work. Other models have to replace current system ** -- VaAkita 05/30/2019 7:22PM
If you have a kid finishing 7th grade right now (as I do) the current ... -- vt90 05/30/2019 11:39AM
Recommend attending one of Virginia's fine Community Colleges for... -- EDGEMAN 05/30/2019 4:11PM
At this point and cost, college is overrated for a large portion... -- RUHokie 05/30/2019 4:08PM
I think you hit the nail on the head with shrinking enrollment -- Victor Tango 05/30/2019 2:28PM
One of the few advantages of living in Florida -- HokieByWater 05/30/2019 2:01PM
Love my VPEP :) ** -- FfxStationHokie 05/30/2019 1:38PM
How much does the GI Bill pay these days??? -- BusLoadaBozos 05/30/2019 1:36PM
Quite a bit - plus individual states offer separate tuition assistance -- HokieMacDaddy 05/30/2019 1:52PM
Glad I live in GA where Hope Scholarship paid for my 3 kids. ** -- BusLoadaBozos 05/30/2019 1:31PM
College isn’t for everyone. -- YardBird 05/30/2019 1:13PM
Coincidentally I am helping develop a machinist apprenticeship program -- Baltimore Hokie 05/30/2019 1:23PM
What?!? Everyone knows that if you don't to go college then you'll end up -- HokieNoVA 05/30/2019 1:19PM
Like everything, it depends on specifics; studies have been consistent -- WestyHokie 05/30/2019 1:33PM
Solution is simple...... -- CrystalCoveHokie 05/30/2019 1:08PM
Retail is for suckers. ** -- Stork 05/30/2019 1:04PM
I'm starting to think going to college straight from HS isn't the best idea -- HokieMacDaddy 05/30/2019 12:53PM
I’m funding my second child at VT, no 529 plan for either -- Chesapeake_Hokie 05/30/2019 12:36PM
The idea of college is very out of date -- HokieAl 05/30/2019 12:31PM
Agreed. I always go back to Caddyshack... -- MilwaukeeHokie 05/30/2019 12:38PM
Well said and I concur :) ** -- grill to chill 05/30/2019 12:46PM
Here to keep my string of posting in deleted threads alive ** -- CPRVHokie 05/30/2019 12:25PM
ZERO reason this should be deleted. Everyone has been great so far at ... -- vt90 05/30/2019 12:27PM
I hear you and my grandson wants to attend Tech But we live in E Tn.... -- grill to chill 05/30/2019 12:24PM
In-state tuition, room & board is over $23k at VT right now ... -- vt90 05/30/2019 12:26PM
And out-of-state for 19-20 is $42k ** -- MAHokie69 05/30/2019 12:42PM
Wow, Oh my:( I lived on campus 3 yrs. $400 per quarter in 1972:) ** -- grill to chill 05/30/2019 12:38PM
I believe 4 years cost total just over $8K -- TomTurkey 05/30/2019 12:53PM
2K a year for college, some things are good from the old days I guess :) ** -- grill to chill 05/30/2019 1:02PM
Yep. Paid off loan in a short, accelerated time. ** -- TomTurkey 05/30/2019 1:03PM
I get the increases are outrageous, but -- VaTechie 05/30/2019 12:01PM
My youngest graduates next week. Pre-paid tuition plans make things much -- RhinoVT 05/30/2019 11:58AM
Why deny them the benefits that you got from paying your own way? -- HokieMacDaddy 05/30/2019 12:50PM
I didn't see it as a benefit then or now. ** -- RhinoVT 05/30/2019 1:35PM
I have used 529 plans and it has worked out great ... -- vt90 05/30/2019 12:02PM
Experience > College Education in most careers -- darnellm 05/30/2019 11:53AM
In some fields, not having a college degree is a complete non-starter -- Tafkam Hokie 05/30/2019 12:00PM
Exactly. English lit degree from private U makes loan payback difficult -- Dan1993 05/30/2019 12:04PM
At least VA and some other states have frozen tuition. But I feel for u. ** -- IB4TECH 05/30/2019 11:49AM
That is smoke and mirrors. The state told each school if you freeze tuition -- KeithHokie89 05/30/2019 2:22PM
Thats a bandaid that doesnt fix anything. VA did that in the late 90s -- Nelsonia Hokie 05/30/2019 12:08PM
Doubt that lasts more than 1 year but it helps with my rising soph at VT ** -- vt90 05/30/2019 11:51AM
The real problem is, most of the middle class hasn't figured out they've -- Tafkam Hokie 05/30/2019 11:44AM
I'll add this. Yes, my parents paid for my college. But when I went to -- Tafkam Hokie 05/30/2019 12:02PM
Total, 1970-75 = Tuition, one semester, 2016 ** -- TomTurkey 05/30/2019 12:12PM
A lot of truth here -- RTFC 05/30/2019 12:00PM
There's still this assumption that you make more in the long run -- `lag 05/30/2019 11:49AM
1. I agree, 2. I also don't think the avg student debt of $20-$30k is -- Nelsonia Hokie 05/30/2019 12:05PM
Yeah, just classic institutional bloat... -- `lag 05/30/2019 12:15PM
Also a good point. ** -- vt90 05/30/2019 11:47AM