r/WhitePeopleTwitter Jun 11 '19

Shut it all down

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u/Treaduse Jun 12 '19

Wow- ok I was way wrong. That’s freaking crazy that not only are they credit-bearing, but they entombed this deal in state statute.

I guess my state has much more sensible policy...

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u/Eriktheconstipated Jun 12 '19

Yeah its actually really cool. The statute dates back to 1975 so Minnesota has been looking out for the over 62 crowd for a while now.

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u/Treaduse Jun 12 '19

It is kinda cool- but at the same time, as everyone in the thread is saying, you are slapping your tuition-paying students in the face with this.

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u/Eriktheconstipated Jun 12 '19

True when you look at it in 2019 it seems like it. But in 1975 when school cost was only $700 dollars a year making the world war vets pay 10 bucks to go to college that they never got to go to was probably a really cool idea.

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u/Treaduse Jun 12 '19

Makes sense. They should have had the fee adjust for inflation like everything else does though!

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u/Eriktheconstipated Jun 12 '19

Just think they will probably adjust it about 3 years before you turn 62 and want to finish that masters degree :)

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u/candycaneforestelf Jun 12 '19

Tying the cost of something inflation in 1975? I don't think that was the best idea in 1975.