http://csbj.com/2012/05/09/community-colleges-pack-a-3-billion-economic-punch/ Fri, 24 May 2013 15:39:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://csbj.com/2012/05/09/community-colleges-pack-a-3-billion-economic-punch/comment-page-1/#comment-67317 Anonymous Wed, 09 May 2012 22:39:39 +0000 http://csbj.com/?p=53725#comment-67317 Dr. Lance Bolton, along with Dr. Nancy McCallin, both responsible for capping federal student loans applications at $24K, have done nothing more than further damaging their local and regional economies by targeting low-income, financially needy students (who have to use student loans for living expenses while pursuing their degree) and denying them the same opportunity to complete their degree that affluent students have. The economic impact is to take students who are trying to turn their lives around and re-enter the workforce (a degree is a requirement at this point) and do nothing more than burden them with continued unemployment and a debt they can’t repay. This means that a single mom with two kids can’t get off of state benefits due to Dr. Lance Bolton’s decision to deny her the education she needs to be the bread winner her children need her to be. This article does nothing more than pat the back of highly irresponsible Doctorate degree holders who have no business overseeing the educational interests of potential, or current, Colorado Community Colleges students. Denying low-income, financially needy students the opportunity to complete their educations is against federal regulations. And that information came directly from the desk of President Obama when I e-mailed him asking if there was anything he could do to help correct the problems Doctors Bolton and McCallin created for the state of Colorado. Something to consider when publishing articles painting these two as community heroes.

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