Dickey - "... a $300 per academic book allowance," covers what percentage of the annual required reading at a college or university? One or two texts require that much money! Annually, as many as 30+ books may be required. Do the math. Add that to tuition and living expenses.

Any student from a low income home that is able to achieve a 3.00 or better in high school should be given the opportunity to attend university with books and tuition covered.

I have a daughter that is a A+ university student and is looking at $70,000.00 in student loans. I tell her its O.K., she's young, its an investment in her future but ...

Have you ever tried to pay your own way through university, Dickie?

You should discuss something you actually know something about instead of pulling random figures from questionable data.