College Fix: Last week, we featured a one-year vocational-training program that serves as an alternative to college at which students pay no tuition until they land a job with a $50,000 annual salary.
Now comes word of a two-year college that gives students a free second year of tuition if they successfully finish their first year while completing at least 30 credit hours, Inside Higher Ed reports. The school is Marion Technical College in Ohio. read more
You want to make some decent money?
Two words: Welding school
“At Marion Tech, 70 percent of students attend full-time, about 70 percent receive federal aid and more than 90 percent receive some form of financial aid.”
We are talking about additional bribing of students to stick with community college.
Because a community college degree is so helpful in preparing you for your future career.
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Its a start. I speak to lots of young kids and many of them are beginning, i emphasize “beginning”, to seriously think for themselves about the right college choice, the debt and expense, and the right/worthy course of study. This time period will be stamped as when the thought process seriously began to shift.
jpm,
Hey, hey, hey, watch that tone.
I went to a votech school, and got a two year AAS (Associate of Applied Science) degree in Electronics. It’s done well by me for over 40 years.
My only regret is that I didn’t take more computer languages in there.
I know a couple of welders who are making over $100K a year. I mess around with welding in my garage for various things I need made. Kinda fun and a way to make a very good living.
So Deplorable, did you go on the taxpayer dime? IF so, why wasn’t this sort of topic covered in high school? Why do children have to wait to get the skills they need and why do I have to pay for it twice?
@jpm,
I just retired from a position where I was the lead instructor in a two year Mechatronics program. Upon graduation with the Associates of Applied Science, my students typically started at $20-25/hr as electrical/maintenance techs. They top out at $35-40/hr after 4-5 years. With some overtime, that’s $100,000 a year. Not bad for a two year degree.
And, excepting those who decided to go for a four year engineering degree, we had a 100% placement rate.