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Mar 28, 2017
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B-town_coug
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Here's the BYU-I data
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/brigham-young-university-idaho
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The Irony of the Upward Mobility in Utah article is that BYU is ranked so poorly
byu1
3/28/17 1:38pm
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Buffalo
3/28/17 1:47pm
try visiting Denver and you'll think Utah doesn't have a problem.
Dangerous
3/28/17 1:49pm
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Buffalo
3/28/17 1:52pm
yes, SLC is MUCH better than Denver
byu1
3/28/17 2:31pm
Seattle and Portland are way worse than Denver
doubled1981
3/28/17 9:31pm
Seattle is asking for hundreds of millions of dollars more from its residents to
Mikey
3/28/17 1:53pm
When Utah's homelessness is mentioned it sometimes lacks context.
Cachanilla83
3/28/17 2:07pm
he missed the BYU-I opportunity. If BYU had more scholarship money they could
Nat Gas Man
3/28/17 1:47pm
Here's the BYU-I data
B-town_coug
3/28/17 2:21pm
BYU has its issues, but I think the Brookings methodology was flawed
Linescratcher
3/28/17 1:58pm
I don't think it is the main mission of BYU to educate lower class and make them
byu1
3/28/17 2:30pm
I think the pool of applicants BYU generally draws from is just well off in
Harrison0Yfan
3/28/17 2:07pm
certainly much more well off than the parents were in the 60's
Nat Gas Man
3/28/17 2:10pm
agree. At least "lower middle class"
byu1
3/28/17 2:30pm
When you take this article and combine it with the Bloomberg one that has been
gwalker
3/28/17 2:31pm
And that analysis leads back to my longstanding belief that the earlier you
gwalker
3/28/17 2:38pm
Agreed
fumblerooski
3/28/17 2:53pm
Another reason why it's silly to subsidize BYU tuition so heavily.
OPINIONS
3/28/17 2:55pm
It is a misnomer to say they subsidize tuition. What they really subsidize is
Nat Gas Man
3/28/17 3:04pm
Semantics. And no. It's not a significant difference.
OPINIONS
3/28/17 3:18pm
For many, the difference would be made up by student loans. The average
gwalker
3/28/17 3:23pm
Actually there is a very big difference as the "subsidy" comes from an
Nat Gas Man
3/28/17 3:27pm
So making it more expensive is supposed to help the social mobility at BYU?
Harrison0Yfan
3/28/17 7:24pm
That's not my argument at all.
OPINIONS
3/28/17 10:50pm
I understand the thought but it doesn't work because
Harrison0Yfan
3/29/17 12:47pm
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