One step we can take to equalize educational opportunity is to make all public college and universities tuition free.
When I attended Brooklyn College in the 50s, the only fee I paid was $38 a semester student. activity fee, which wen to the student association. I enjoyed a superb education. All of my professors could have had jobs at the ivies at higher pay and with a much lighter teaching load. When I asked them why they stayed at BC, they all replied that it was because of the wonderful students here. That may have been a small part of it, but mostly it was because they wanted to be in NY City.
Re/paper work. I got ill in London, went to MD, told him I was only there for a couple of months and offered to pay cash. He said don't be silly,you can enroll in the national health plan. I asked, won't that be a lot of paper work? and got the classic reply, 'stop at the desk on.your way out. So I told the desk I have to enroll in the national health plan. I was handed a card on which I wrote, as directed, my name,address, phone #, and date of birth.
And that was it. Here in the USA, I have to do much more paper work when my MD sends me across the hall for a blood draw.
In a 40 year career, teaching on several campuses, and teaching seminars designed to deal with current events, I have always enjoyed unlimited free speech rights,
although my views on many subjects are clearly extreme. For instance,I favored legalization of cannabis long before it became a respectable position. I opposed our latest wars, which made for fun in a seminar that included four ROTC seniors bound for the battlefield.
In a 40 year career, teaching on several campuses, and teaching seminars designed to deal with current events, I have always enjoyed unlimited free speech rights,
although my views on many subjects are clearly extreme. For instance,I favored legalization of cannabis long before it became a respectable position. I opposed our latest wars, which made for fun in a seminar that included four ROTC seniors bound for the battlefield.
It is not true that our congress is full of fools. They appear that way in public pandering to the lowest common denominator, but meet on in private and you will say,"What a smart guy!"
Legal cannabis saves lives. In jurisdictions where it is legal, there are very sharp declines in both opioid overdose and traffic fatalities,
Juan Cole, as usual, talks sense.
Mr Cole is always worth reading.
One step we can take to equalize educational opportunity is to make all public college and universities tuition free.
When I attended Brooklyn College in the 50s, the only fee I paid was $38 a semester student. activity fee, which wen to the student association. I enjoyed a superb education. All of my professors could have had jobs at the ivies at higher pay and with a much lighter teaching load. When I asked them why they stayed at BC, they all replied that it was because of the wonderful students here. That may have been a small part of it, but mostly it was because they wanted to be in NY City.
Re/paper work. I got ill in London, went to MD, told him I was only there for a couple of months and offered to pay cash. He said don't be silly,you can enroll in the national health plan. I asked, won't that be a lot of paper work? and got the classic reply, 'stop at the desk on.your way out. So I told the desk I have to enroll in the national health plan. I was handed a card on which I wrote, as directed, my name,address, phone #, and date of birth.
And that was it. Here in the USA, I have to do much more paper work when my MD sends me across the hall for a blood draw.
In a 40 year career, teaching on several campuses, and teaching seminars designed to deal with current events, I have always enjoyed unlimited free speech rights,
although my views on many subjects are clearly extreme. For instance,I favored legalization of cannabis long before it became a respectable position. I opposed our latest wars, which made for fun in a seminar that included four ROTC seniors bound for the battlefield.
In a 40 year career, teaching on several campuses, and teaching seminars designed to deal with current events, I have always enjoyed unlimited free speech rights,
although my views on many subjects are clearly extreme. For instance,I favored legalization of cannabis long before it became a respectable position. I opposed our latest wars, which made for fun in a seminar that included four ROTC seniors bound for the battlefield.
It is not true that our congress is full of fools. They appear that way in public pandering to the lowest common denominator, but meet on in private and you will say,"What a smart guy!"
Juan Cole is a treasure. Always gets it right.