Comment #3

JAP69 — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:06:53 GMT

_______________________________<br />They just might. The students are being pressed hard on tuition cost.

Comment #2

rdgrnr — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:43:15 GMT

Those Democrat 1%ers? <br />Those rich guys?<br />Heh,heh,heh,heh,heh...<br />I don't think so.

Comment #1

JAP69 — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:10:07 GMT

That is a huge difference between Canadian tuition and US college tuition.

Original Blog Entry: Student Unionism, Why Don't American Students Strike?

JAP69 — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:07:10 GMT

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Student Unionism, Why Don t American Students Strike?

http://studentpower2012.org/student-unionism-why-dont

-american-students-strike/

excerpt:

As a recent graduate and student organizer, I headed north last month to compare notes with my Canadian counterparts.

Average annual tuition in Qu bec stands at $2,500, dwarfed by America s average tuition of $12,800 at public institutions and $32,000 at private ones. The average Qu bec student debt is a mere $13,000 compared with America s $25,000. And in 2012, 7.2 percent of US college grads were unemployed, beating out Qu bec s 6.3 percent.

According to the Associated Press, 53.6 percent of Americans under 26 with a Bachelor s are jobless or underemployed. That s 1.5 million people. That could fill a lot of streets.

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