<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22255339.post6398154484754632302..comments</id><updated>2009-06-04T12:27:34.513-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Grindstone Financial: Student debt by state</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.grindstonefinancial.com/feeds/6398154484754632302/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22255339/6398154484754632302/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.grindstonefinancial.com/2009/06/student-debt-by-state.html'/><author><name>The Artful Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03227942430854100249</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22255339.post-7534394642832834724</id><published>2009-06-04T12:27:34.513-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-04T12:27:34.513-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It seems post-secondary education is the one busin...</title><content type='html'>It seems post-secondary education is the one business model in the country that still works.  I&amp;#39;m all for education, but sadly, many institutions that provide it are concerned more with profit than educating their students.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As noted in a study published yesterday, over half of post-secondary students don&amp;#39;t earn a bachelor&amp;#39;s degree within SIX years! Obviously it&amp;#39;s due too many factors.  One of which is the way particular institutions schedule classes in order to keep students enrolled beyond the usual four years.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&amp;#39;s ridiculous that anyone should be paying $53,000 a year to attend an undergraduate degree program.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22255339/6398154484754632302/comments/default/7534394642832834724'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22255339/6398154484754632302/comments/default/7534394642832834724'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.grindstonefinancial.com/2009/06/student-debt-by-state.html?showComment=1244132854513#c7534394642832834724' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.grindstonefinancial.com/2009/06/student-debt-by-state.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22255339.post-6398154484754632302' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22255339/posts/default/6398154484754632302' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>