Jim Webb Wrongly Slamming “For-Profit” Virginia Colleges

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Roanoke Times, 10-3-11, Pg 1, 14: For-profit colleges cashing in on GI Bill.
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Yes, that’s the same Jim Webb when as Secretary of the Navy publicly proclaimed that “the girls” at Annapolis were there solely for the sex! Apparently that proclamation was never a problem for "the girls" at NOW or the editors of the Roanoke Times!
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Webb pumps out data purporting to show the difference in tuition between “State taxpayer supported public” schools vs. private financed schools for those on the new GI Bill.
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What he conveniently neglects to quantify and publish is that the taxpayers are paying the tuition bills in both cases; however, for “State taxpayer supported” schools the taxpayers are also paying a LARGE part of the state schools budget thereby artificially keeping the tuition low.
Talk about comparing apples to oranges! Talk about sucker punches! Do we really look that dull to Webb and his liberal friends in the press?
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/07/virginia-college-tuition-runaway-train.html
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His “second hokey point” is hiding the difference in curriculum. Lots more GI’s are enrolled in the “for-profit” schools. That’s because they primarily focus on technology and skill programs instead of liberal arts and psychology and they tailor their curriculum to those who have part time jobs and or are married.
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Many GI’s joined the service because they tend to be “hands-on” people instead of “book-worms”. Their service training and experiences added to and reinforced that base. There is a lot of data that confirms those with hands-on skill-based technology skills are being hired today at a much greater rate and for more pay than liberal arts majors out of our “public” colleges.
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This is yet another piece of yellow-journalism that slants and biases a story toward big government taxpayer-paid socialized education at the expense of important opportunities for alternative independent educational choices.
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The Roanoke Times editors should go back and read their own editorial:
Roanoke Times, 12-28-10, Pg 1 & 13: Editorial: Too dumb to serve? What does it say about our schools that so many graduates (25% of applicants) can’t pass the Army entry test?
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2010/12/too-dumb-to-serve.html
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In the same paper, back on page 13, an article by Kathleen Parker of all places “The Hallowed Washington Post” articulates in great detail the miserable performance of our “Public” Colleges! How can the Editorial Girls at the Roanoke Times put Webbs junk on page 1 and Ms. Parker’s college educational assessment on page 13? What are these girls thinking or more pointedly – what are they selling?
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The following are just a few of the specific items that outline the misguided educational views of the editors of the Roanoke Times.
They all need to spend a semester as a Sub in the Roanoke School System.
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/09/sat-scores-disaster.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/03/obamas-school-policy-dumb-them-down.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/03/yet-another-misdirected-roanoke-times.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/02/yet-more-roanoke-times-bias-against.html
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