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Originally Posted by bizaro86
Apparently the US has started publishing fully loaded costs of degrees and the salary grads who got student aid have earned 2 years later.
The article below is paywalled - the quote is the pre-paywall summary.
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JFC. Media literacy should be an absolute requirement for all levels of education.
This article is based on a report from the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative think tank who supports educational reform through - wait for it - school vouchers. TPPF is also front and center for climate change denial. They are heavily funded by Chevron, Exxon, and Koch. Influential "thinkers" from this group include Ted Cruz. The entire article is based on a specious report from an interest known for creative math and bending the truth.
https://www.texasobserver.org/money-...cy-foundation/
Another major problem in politics these days is disinformation generated by ideologically driven think tanks that lazy journalists accept without fact checking or looking for possible biases in the data analysis. This article is a perfect example of that.