Friday, May 20, 2011

Sen. Durbin: Don't fall for college-in-your-pajamas trick

The Hill reports:
Senate Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Thursday night blasted for-profit colleges that he said don't always provide quality education and can leave prospective students in debt. In particular, he criticized an advertisement saying you can get an education while staying at home in bed in your pajamas.

"The ad that just really troubles me shows a lovely young woman who says you can go to college in your pajamas," he said. "You don't even have to get out of bed to go to college, and she's got a computer on her bed there."
You'll notice Dick Durbin isn't worried about students who go to "non-profit" schools where they can major in oppression studies for the non-low price of $50,000 a year. Dick Durbin thinks seven figure university Presidents and seven figure football coaches should be subsidized by the taxpayers. Maybe, the for profit schools should hire Dick Durbin's wife to be a lobbyist , like Eastern Illinois university.