Jackie C.
@teachwriterepeat.bsky.social
teacher, traveler, reader, writer, listener, learner, knitter
exhausted, but hopeful
exhausted, but hopeful
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As recently as the late 1980s, tuition at @uwmadison.bsky.social was <$1000/semester. In current dollars, that's about $2500/semester. There is one central reason for that: the . This was a choice. Other choices remain readily available.
November 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
As recently as the late 1980s, tuition at @uwmadison.bsky.social was <$1000/semester. In current dollars, that's about $2500/semester. There is one central reason for that: the . This was a choice. Other choices remain readily available.
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Almost completely, every single problem with higher education that folks think is mainly about something else is <primarily> about the massive decline in state public funding since the 1980s. Yes, including everyone's obsession with getting their kid into the "right" college:
"I'm obsessed with my kid getting into the right college"
Fund. The. Damn. Public. Universities. Like. We. Used. To.
Fund. The. Damn. Public. Universities. Like. We. Used. To.
November 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Almost completely, every single problem with higher education that folks think is mainly about something else is <primarily> about the massive decline in state public funding since the 1980s. Yes, including everyone's obsession with getting their kid into the "right" college:
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The GOP and Tr*mp are withholding SNAP funds on purpose to get you to buckle. They are starving Americans. It is supremely cruel and it is already backfiring on them. It would be the worst possible move to concede and throw American lives away when you're winning at defending them.
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The GOP and Tr*mp are withholding SNAP funds on purpose to get you to buckle. They are starving Americans. It is supremely cruel and it is already backfiring on them. It would be the worst possible move to concede and throw American lives away when you're winning at defending them.