That’s why the department of education is getting abolished. Colleges will keep raising tuition if they know that no matter the price everyone can get a loan from the federal government will bankroll it
It tells me that Texas public universities will go bankrupt in the next 3 years. Universities are businesses. With inflation, they won’t have enough to offer all of the classes.
They have been losing ground in every election and the last one tightened some cheeks lol. This should buy them time with the middle class during what will be a deep recession
@@1980process Maybe, buuuut once you give something to the people it's hard to take it away without your position being threatened, so hopefully hopefully hopefully this is a step in a direction to get people to value themselves more when they vote for our leaders.
That would make it harder for the governor’s relatives to attend. More competition. If peasants want higher education, they can always attend community college, or even trade school. I mean, it’s not like he wants young voters to be educated. He wants them to keep him in office.
It’s crazy how some things are never good enough for people. The sun is shining and people say it’s too hot. The snow falls and people say it’s too cold. Just miserable complainers. 🗑️
@@lordjaelthe last time it snowed, we were without power for a week, 4 minutes away from total failure. People died. Some even became homeless. Yeah, nothings ever going to be good enough, but the hope is that we could at least elect government officials that actually cared about us. We all make fun of Cruz leaving, but what about Abbott? What was he doing during all that? I have been a registered voter for 24 years. The ONLY way we get a new governor is when the last one runs for president. Ever since 1995, we’ve only had 3 governors. Who was in office when they deregulated Texas electricity? One of those three governors. After a similar storm hit us in 2011, something could have been done then to prevent a future catastrophe, but no, we were once again stuck with someone I, nor anyone wise I know, voted for. Yeah, we can blame ERCOT for that one, but Abbott made everyone believe it was all the fault of green energy like solar. Rather than question deregulation, they had citizens questioning alternative energy.
As much as I wish we could do that? It relies entirely on tax payer subsidies. The pendulum is starting to swing away from 4 years to many kids eyeing certificates and tech licenses. I say that is much more beneficial than the model we've pushed the last 40 years which has diluted the value of a college degree anyway.
@@bateseanderson2667 I don't think you get the point. People just don't see it as worth it anymore, they're essentially looking for alternatives now. Why are you being so defensive over colleges, you know as much as them, that their prices are ridiculous.
@@battles423 no I think you misunderstood. People who go to college and finish and enter the work force make 50 percent more in pay than someone who goes to work straight from high school
@@c0smicvega646 If they do they shouldn't think like that because I think all high school kids should go to college for atleast a little bit and if it's not for them they can quit and get a job.
Just speculation but they might be doing this just so people won’t pay attention to the fact the Department of Education ( which gives student financial aid ) might be eliminated by Trump in the next term. He’s expressed his intention to do so several times now.
Good get rid of it, we don't need loans for 20-50k+/ year school tuitions. They shouldn't be that high to begin with just to graduate and have the employer say "nice degree but you still don't have any experience so start at the bottom" we could do that without the useless degree & debt. They barely teach anything usefully nowadays anyway
Yep. That’s basically what happened with damn near everything after Covid. Companies started jacking up the prices to make up for the money they lost in 2020 and 2021, only they called it inflation.
I am all for a free education, but the hypocrisy is enormous. And why now? Tuition in Texas public universities has been increasing at a large rate for decades.
The problem is people can't find jobs after getting a bachelors or masters or even a PhD. Colleges aren't giving students what is needed for them to get hired, which is experience. Experience working in X environment and working with X tools. The only experience college gives is classroom, extracurricular clubs, and lab research. There's no reason why someone should spend 4 years, 6 years, 10 years in higher education and still lack experience for a job. Cars come out of the assembly line ready to run and be sold. College is a very inefficient job preparation program.
It depends on what your degree is in, the demand for that degree in the workplace, and the number of people on the job market with that degree. Most masters degrees aren't worth anything in the private sector and a PhD is even more irrelevant. You have to pick what your going to school for with the knowledge of your job potential ahead of time and some degree programs simply aren't preparing people for the workforce because there is hardly a even a workforce associated with that degree. If your degree has job opportunities there will be co-ops, internships, and seasonal work and an employer values those things more than the classes you take.
@Forester- Ironically a lot of people in the work force make a big deal about going for a masters, like it will elevate them in their career. I've heard people tell me that getting their MBAs was a waste of time. But business schools won't stop bothering me about their MBA programs. Most degrees are about studying a subject intellectually. Very few are related to any job in the work force. Studying electrical engineering won't make you an electrician. You have to go to trade school. Bizarre isn't it? But hey, at least you know how to calculate Fourier Transforms and Laplace Tranforms.
@@Forester-experience is still tremendously important even in more useful degrees. For example with any given CS job you will have 500+ people applying to the same position and most of them are weeded out because they don’t have experience.
@@theinternationallanguagees9213 Concentration, as in only a small number of companies employ a large number of people of a certain field? That shouldn't affect employment rates as much as the ratio of # of jobs available to the # of people qualified to work. Concentration would mainly be an issue for people who don't want to have to work for a particular company, and want to have options to choose.
Education is what will set us apart from the rest of the world. But there’s a cost barrier. Asian countries and some European countries make higher learning free because they want their citizens to be educated. An educated citizen is a citizen is less likely to create anarchy. But if your goal is to keep people highly emotional and volatile, then yeah, put education out of the reach of most of your citizens.
@@moonlightprincess449 are you upset about your life choices? you asked how I know then automatically assume I don't. you are annoyed but don't even know what type of personal information I have. it's weird but only makes sense if my comment speaks to your personal life. is that why you are so bothered? either way, learn how you regulate your emotions. the erratic behavior likely keeps your subs super low
School should be FREE up until the first degree. After that I can see people needing to pay. But putting our youth in debt for life, just so they can graduate and work minimum wage jobs is criminal.
Yes, tuition is high. But interest rates for loans are ridiculous. They should mandate no interest rate for all loans until after graduation. And no interest rates should be higher than 5%
I thought Government had no role to play in these things according to the GOP. This is socialism they cry when a Democrat tries to do it. I don’t support either party but I call out hypocrisy when I see it.
I think you have the party's ideology all mixed up. The GOP supports small government yes, but at the federal level. At the state level, there isn't as much stigma about using government power. Of course, right wing state government in America tend to be less involved, but doing something like this isn't too out of character
Cutting the federal and state cost of college in my opinion is necessary due were giving money to colleges at the same time college administrators will raise the price without the state or federal government approval.
@@sushles the entire point of federalism is to punish models that don't work and encourage models that do. Each state was designed to be a "laboratory for democracy" (New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann) only problems of national importance should be at the federal level (national defense, foreign policy, etc). So if a state implements a certain policy, the rest of the country gets to take notes on its success and failures, without putting the entire country at risk to a unpopular idea. Republican states steal ideas from Democract states and vice versa if they work, and if they don't they usually don't last long in their state.
Today University of Houston Victoria- Katy campus just announced that they’ll be closing that campus in 2026. It’s just the beginning. They literally just opened this University 3 years ago brand new building.
I like how he fixed the statement of only Public Colleges lol which is a very minimal percentage. The big ones will still ripping off students because they are mostly private.
Don't be a Socialist. Take that talk to Comm. China, N. Korea or Cuba. But not in Texas. That kind of talk comes from Comm. California and Massachusetts - not Texas. That kind of talk belongs with anti-free market AOC and Bernie. Don't be ridiculous.
Don't be a So Shall List. Take that talk to Calm Nest China, Korea or Cuba. But not in Texas. That kind of talk comes from Calm Nest California and Massachusetts - not Texas. That kind of talk belongs with anti-free market AOC and Bernie. What a preposterous notion.
Should have done this long ago and for longer than 2 years! All these universities have billion dollar endowments, which, in itself should be illegal for an entity receiving taxpayer funds.
Just like when the government handed out stimulus money we were all so happy& yet had no idea, How much the cost of living aka inflation would mess up the world. Lol. Now most of us think MAGA is here lol yeah right😂
Then perhaps you shouldn't go there. What will it take to convince you that money is the only thing these people want. You are paying to get a job so you can pay for that job.... At some point we have to abandon the system. Let it break. We need to start hiring based on merit and demonstration not based on pieces of paper. If you can do the job then do it or fail and show you can't. A University's word shouldn't be the gatekeeper of our future. That should be determined by our drive and our ability.
He lowered it, he even advocated for lowering and keeping it locked in so blame your state legislators for saying completely getting rid of fluctuating taxes is crazy denying his policy. But hey at least they’ve decreased a little. Gotta take what you can get
We don't own anything. My property been paid for for 20 yrs.i am 69 yo and still writing a $5k check every yesr to the county. We are renting our private property. Try not paying taxes on it and see who owns it.@BrownBrown270
It shouldn't cost this much to get an education. We should be lowering the barrier to higher education for a better understanding and more productive society.
Student loans should be based on the persons realistic ability to repay. These kids getting useless degrees that dont qualify them for reasonable paying jobs should not get accepted for loans.
Great Thanks Greg I still have to pay my first 2 years of what is already to high before you let them jack it up even higher to make up for the 2 years of the freeze.
Rice University has great financial aid. Rice Investment: if family makes less that $75K a year = full ride, $150K = full tuition, $200K = half tuition. Just saying. The key is getting in. If your family is not financially well off, work hard, and get a chance into a Top 10 school without or minimal student loans.
@@jmeryllman only people getting in private schools are rich kids. Schools like that are nothing but hedge funds. Yuppie day care. For us peasants, its best to get a trade and hustle. My friend is a high school dropout and makes 80k
They’ll just raise all their other non tuition related fees to make up the difference. Not to mention it will force layoffs and cancellation of courses because they can’t pay the professors.
Wonderful. The cost of living will go up all around us, but they decided to freeze college tuition. Now, professors will feel the pinch. This will be the start of the downward spiral of post high school education.
Nothing in this world is free. You earn a million over there and they'll take $650,000 for taxes and build a 5 star prison resort where murderers and rapists play GTA all day on PS5.
High taxes yet since Large American field armies in places like England and Germany, with populations the size of small American cities protect their people through the cold war and provide them with advance fighters and weapons with NATO pact. If the situation was reversed I could understand but thank god we dont have foreign armies on our soil that were dependent on protection for. That's why they can afford to be liberal, they have substandard conscripted forces, NATO was a trip to see how little emphasis the Europeans put in their militaries except maybe the Brits but the rest are nasty (hands in pockets, first name basis, no discipline) it's how we designed them to be after our victory we washed the warmongering out of the people who started 2 world wars and now their grandchildren of the defeated are liberal nonthreatening anime cartoon and cellphone and car manufacturers for their American overlords. To be European is to be a protectorate of the American empire.
@@mylifeasricky6715 Good, I’m fine paying higher taxes if the quality of life is better for everyone. That’s how any civilized society should be anyways.
They may freeze tuition, but they will assign additional costs and fees that support that tuition elsewhere. My alma mater did something very similar. As the economy fluctuates, expect those costs to appear in unique ways. It’s revenue for the institutions funded by the government. They are going to get their money, by any means necessary.
Groceries are a more complex process that requires a lot of different organizations to get food from the farm to the store. It would disrupt several industries. College is a single industry and college is way more overpriced than food is
What do you mean? Republicans are the only one trying to bring school choice and more charter schools while Democrats are against it Plus after all the spending the federal government has done the last four years I don’t think it’s a good idea to give everyone free college yet
@@drewluvcologne7732it's mostly if not all from the religious/historical tourism. Add God to it and the sheep will pay handsomely for it. Honestly they have a syndrome (Jerusalem Syndrome) mostly when Americans n certain Europeans go
I read the article and almost laughed when they said a college degree is a gift from your parents! That means we have leaders in this state who only speak and think on behalf of those who have well off parents, on those who are more fortunate and are very unaware of the difficulty of the poor/less fortunately/non white people who are trying to get out of poverty, out of the assembly lines, out of the dilapidated houses, off of government assistance... They are unaware that a black woman's degree does not hold the same weight of a white woman's degree. Yes and that's here in Texas! I'm a current student at UTSA and I don't see my color in my program of study. I often stop and think about how impossible it looks for me. I ask myself if there will be any positions open for a black woman in my field upon graduation. It's scary! It's saddening. But all my loans are mine and not my parents!
Sounds like you play too much being a victim of nothing and complaining instead of focusing on your achievements. Your way of thinking is why you're setting yourself up for failure. Stop using race as a scapegoat and pointing fingers at white people who have nothing to do with your decisions. That's YOUR problem, nobody elses.
$26000....is a lie! As a full time student you can't even rent outside campus BECAUSE you're a student. Housing is at 100% capacity. The real figure is double that
He'll let the electric companies and insurance companies (his donors) jack up prices all they want, but when it comes to universities, he's happy to force austerity on them. No surprises, here.
@@nancybbailey1975 The state has entire agencies dedicated to regulated price increases by insurance companies and electric utilities. But they don't do that, because they're all Republicans who are wholly owned by the corporations they're supposed to regulate.
Price fixing while on the surface is good has negative repercussions later on down the line. Let’s hope he has a plan for the upcoming years because if it’s just more of this, it’s bad news for everyone.
I remember back in 2002 the cost at Texas A&M was $7k a semester with room and food added on campus. That is $56k for 4 years. I am not sure where this reporter got his numbers.
Doesn't matter. They did this before and my university just added fees instead. They'll jack up room rates, meal plans, fees, add fees and make previously included perks add ons. "I'm sorry, the gym isn't included. You'll have to purchase a membership".
You're right! But!!! For education to be so expensive and the benefits so small means something is wrong. You pay for your kids education that's great! I don't have parents to do that for me. Also I graduated with a bachelor's degree and I desperately looked for a job and couldn't find one. Does this mean I didn't have to pay my loans? Nope! So I'm back in college to get a masters hoping that I can find a great career afterwards. San Antonio Texas is a racist place and it's hard for a black woman to find a good job.
@Moymoy529 Realistically that's for men. Not many women want to work in skilled trades. If she becomes pregnant she really can't. Besides that the sexism and harassment would be unbearable.
People don't seem to understand that this *is* lowering the cost of college. Inflation should continue over the next two years, which means prices and wages in the rest of the economy will increase, making state college relatively cheaper.
Speaking not as a Rep. or Dem., not as a college grad or not, but simply a Texan who believes as Texans strongly do, that government has no right to interfere with free and peaceful Texans: Pffffft. How DARE someone - in God's free country of Texas - interfere with its people or its commerce? I don't CARE if the rates are too high or too low - NONE OF HIS OR GOVERNMENT'S BIZ.
@@LoriL010 Point taken, but they're still interfering with free markets and market pricing. By restricting revenues, they are creating an entitlement. Do that in California, but we don't like entitlements here.
@@Bill_Woo I'm a 7th generation Texan, so don't lecture me about what CA does. Thank you very much. Football coaches don't need to make tens of millions of dollars a year either so take any budget shortfall cuts from them if you're so worried about it.
This is a great way to Reduce Veteran Affair spending too ! Less VA money being used in GI bill and other benefits means more money can go to Veteran care.
There should not be any "educational" loans. Maybe for 1 year at a time but no more. Many people have worked their way through university in the past working as waitress and waiters to mechanics etc. Now you have to be a hedge fund manager. When you earn something you will value it a lot more.
This is totally going to increase inequities. If you have no college, you are going to get a poorer job and therefore have less to save if you can save at all. UCs which are on the cheap side for four year colleges are 15k/year for tuition only not including room and board. Full time minimum wage jobs will get you 30k a year. In high COL places, rent will literally just be 15/k a year. How are they going to eat and buy toiletries? Also idk what jank college you went to but I went to a top 20 uni and we needed almost all of our time to study unless you had an easy major like Business.
@@crimsonrose First, there is nothing wrong with "inequities" Mr. Socialist. Second, 2 year tech schools will provide a MUCH more useful education than any 4 yr degree. Ever had to call a plumber or an electrician? How about an A/C tech? Those guys are making more than 90% of degreed people right now and they provide useful skills. If you can't afford it, don't buy it
@@crimsonroseI think your comment is way off. The commenter is just saying that college was so affordable back then that even a waitress could pay for college! Now college has become more accessible to the wealthy who can afford it. The commenter is just saying that if we could pay for our own college it gives a sense of pride to ourselves because we paid for it. We see it as more valuable than when loans pay for it. High tuition has taken that pride and value away. I totally agree with this! My husband's customer who is about to be 90 years old said she was able to pay for college with the baby sitting money she saved while still in high school. 😮
If college was already unaffordable how does freezing prices for only two years help anyone? What, now it won't become even more unaffordable? Don't fall for this limp d half measure.
Thats great, but the problem is college is still expensive!!! How about lower the cost of college!
Well… this a good start than nothing
How about no
That’s why the department of education is getting abolished. Colleges will keep raising tuition if they know that no matter the price everyone can get a loan from the federal government will bankroll it
There's enough money to end college tuition but greed is our God in this country...
You miserable people are never satisfied. 😂
its a start but im shocked gov actually finally does something even if 2 years is pitiful but hey take what you can get.
He definitely has kinfolk attending at the moment 😂😂😂😂😂😂 don't be fooled
It tells me that Texas public universities will go bankrupt in the next 3 years. Universities are businesses. With inflation, they won’t have enough to offer all of the classes.
They have been losing ground in every election and the last one tightened some cheeks lol. This should buy them time with the middle class during what will be a deep recession
@@1980process Maybe, buuuut once you give something to the people it's hard to take it away without your position being threatened, so hopefully hopefully hopefully this is a step in a direction to get people to value themselves more when they vote for our leaders.
@@1980process😂 You’d prefer an increase wouldn’t you.
Education and Healthcare have become a hustle in america
It’s a set up . Be careful
Hell naw what’s the catch!!!!!! Read the fine print ppl!
I mean, whootey doo. They need to LOWER them!
That would make it harder for the governor’s relatives to attend. More competition. If peasants want higher education, they can always attend community college, or even trade school. I mean, it’s not like he wants young voters to be educated. He wants them to keep him in office.
@@UmmYeahOkUtter nonsense 😂
It’s crazy how some things are never good enough for people. The sun is shining and people say it’s too hot. The snow falls and people say it’s too cold. Just miserable complainers. 🗑️
@@lordjaelthe last time it snowed, we were without power for a week, 4 minutes away from total failure. People died. Some even became homeless. Yeah, nothings ever going to be good enough, but the hope is that we could at least elect government officials that actually cared about us. We all make fun of Cruz leaving, but what about Abbott? What was he doing during all that? I have been a registered voter for 24 years. The ONLY way we get a new governor is when the last one runs for president. Ever since 1995, we’ve only had 3 governors. Who was in office when they deregulated Texas electricity? One of those three governors. After a similar storm hit us in 2011, something could have been done then to prevent a future catastrophe, but no, we were once again stuck with someone I, nor anyone wise I know, voted for.
Yeah, we can blame ERCOT for that one, but Abbott made everyone believe it was all the fault of green energy like solar. Rather than question deregulation, they had citizens questioning alternative energy.
As much as I wish we could do that? It relies entirely on tax payer subsidies. The pendulum is starting to swing away from 4 years to many kids eyeing certificates and tech licenses. I say that is much more beneficial than the model we've pushed the last 40 years which has diluted the value of a college degree anyway.
They see the numbers dropping of people attending college
And the people who are going to college are making 50 percent more than people who go to work straight from high school
@@bateseanderson2667 I don't think you get the point. People just don't see it as worth it anymore, they're essentially looking for alternatives now. Why are you being so defensive over colleges, you know as much as them, that their prices are ridiculous.
@ That’s not even true. You just made that number up. Watch….100% of people who don’t go to college don’t owe student loans
@@battles423 no I think you misunderstood. People who go to college and finish and enter the work force make 50 percent more in pay than someone who goes to work straight from high school
@@c0smicvega646 If they do they shouldn't think like that because I think all high school kids should go to college for atleast a little bit and if it's not for them they can quit and get a job.
Just speculation but they might be doing this just so people won’t pay attention to the fact the Department of Education ( which gives student financial aid ) might be eliminated by Trump in the next term.
He’s expressed his intention to do so several times now.
Good get rid of it, we don't need loans for 20-50k+/ year school tuitions. They shouldn't be that high to begin with just to graduate and have the employer say "nice degree but you still don't have any experience so start at the bottom" we could do that without the useless degree & debt. They barely teach anything usefully nowadays anyway
@@tdot8398 the concepts they teach are correct but not useful if no majority gonna hire you for that
We were first in eduction before DoE. Were 24th now. It’s just like most agencies where people are overplayed and under perform.
In my class i have below 10% graduating.. the rest take that money home
Facts
Stupid! 2 years later college prices will skyrocket to make up for the loss of revenue for those 2 years!
Yup, it’s all a cycle, it’s all a scheme
Yep. That’s basically what happened with damn near everything after Covid. Companies started jacking up the prices to make up for the money they lost in 2020 and 2021, only they called it inflation.
Well, explain what you would like to happen?
It's a shell game don't be fooled...
Exactly
I thought the GOP hated price controls
Only if the Democrats do it.
Texas subsidizes colleges. They are against free-market price controls.
Your mad at the gop for doing something good
@TomBradyisinlovewithson just pointing out the hypocrisy
@@porkyrabbit it's not hypocrisy. Texas subsidizes colleges. Republicans are against free-market price controls.
I am all for a free education, but the hypocrisy is enormous. And why now? Tuition in Texas public universities has been increasing at a large rate for decades.
Rigging the college educated demo for 2028.
Read into the PUF fund…..
The deed is already done. I have loans that I'll die with!
@@happysmileylips that’s a choice you have to make. I recommend the old Dave Ramsey debt snowball. That’s how a lot of people have gotten out of debt.
@@happysmileylips Marry a European and move to Europe. Forget America
I was confused when I saw the title but this is actually great news
I thought that was George Bush Jr in the thumbnail! I was thinking he’s back in office?! 😂
Lmao samed
Fool me once Shame on you, fool me.... fool me twice.... your a fool if you get fooled again!
The problem is people can't find jobs after getting a bachelors or masters or even a PhD. Colleges aren't giving students what is needed for them to get hired, which is experience. Experience working in X environment and working with X tools. The only experience college gives is classroom, extracurricular clubs, and lab research. There's no reason why someone should spend 4 years, 6 years, 10 years in higher education and still lack experience for a job. Cars come out of the assembly line ready to run and be sold. College is a very inefficient job preparation program.
It depends on what your degree is in, the demand for that degree in the workplace, and the number of people on the job market with that degree. Most masters degrees aren't worth anything in the private sector and a PhD is even more irrelevant. You have to pick what your going to school for with the knowledge of your job potential ahead of time and some degree programs simply aren't preparing people for the workforce because there is hardly a even a workforce associated with that degree. If your degree has job opportunities there will be co-ops, internships, and seasonal work and an employer values those things more than the classes you take.
@Forester- Ironically a lot of people in the work force make a big deal about going for a masters, like it will elevate them in their career. I've heard people tell me that getting their MBAs was a waste of time. But business schools won't stop bothering me about their MBA programs.
Most degrees are about studying a subject intellectually. Very few are related to any job in the work force. Studying electrical engineering won't make you an electrician. You have to go to trade school. Bizarre isn't it? But hey, at least you know how to calculate Fourier Transforms and Laplace Tranforms.
@@Forester-experience is still tremendously important even in more useful degrees. For example with any given CS job you will have 500+ people applying to the same position and most of them are weeded out because they don’t have experience.
Even practical/applied fields are super concentrated in the job market, and experience helps set you apart.
@@theinternationallanguagees9213 Concentration, as in only a small number of companies employ a large number of people of a certain field? That shouldn't affect employment rates as much as the ratio of # of jobs available to the # of people qualified to work. Concentration would mainly be an issue for people who don't want to have to work for a particular company, and want to have options to choose.
Education is what will set us apart from the rest of the world. But there’s a cost barrier. Asian countries and some European countries make higher learning free because they want their citizens to be educated. An educated citizen is a citizen is less likely to create anarchy. But if your goal is to keep people highly emotional and volatile, then yeah, put education out of the reach of most of your citizens.
MAGA we don’t need education!!!
Reminder that Greg Abbott got rid of water breaks for workers and you also can’t sue for getting hurt like he did …. “ f you I got mine “mentality
Florida college prices have not went up in years.
So he'll ask for a freeze for Trumps presidency but not Bidens interesting partisanship politics at its best
Because Biden just wanted to give out free money using tax dollars without everyone's representation.
Were you not listening to the story ?
@@jnlnsanot at all they weren’t stuck on Biden Harris aka the frauds
yep
But there was a freeze under Biden. It expires this year. Abbott is extending it.
Well thank god my daughter will go to a trade school instead of college
Thanks for sharing?
What is your daughter going to trade school to become?
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@@jusletursoulglobabyand you would know this how? People like you are so annoying you don’t know anything about the person life
@@moonlightprincess449 are you upset about your life choices? you asked how I know then automatically assume I don't. you are annoyed but don't even know what type of personal information I have. it's weird but only makes sense if my comment speaks to your personal life. is that why you are so bothered? either way, learn how you regulate your emotions. the erratic behavior likely keeps your subs super low
Should lock it for 20, that's how far off the mark they've gotten thanks to government backed loans.
This bum governor needs to go and actually do something about the price to go to college. What a freaking bum instead of doing something he stalls.
School should be FREE up until the first degree. After that I can see people needing to pay. But putting our youth in debt for life, just so they can graduate and work minimum wage jobs is criminal.
Yes, tuition is high. But interest rates for loans are ridiculous. They should mandate no interest rate for all loans until after graduation. And no interest rates should be higher than 5%
@@burning4rmwithinthere already is no interest until after graduation...unless someone's changed it...
@@DarkPesco unsubsidized loans accrue right when you sign up for it. So when you're still in school.
They made that choice and now they have to pay it off on their own, not with other people's money. 😂
That’s why parents needs to 1) save in a 529 so you can pay with cash 2) send them go to a school they can afford (no debt)
lol that’s like freezing rental prices now. It’s the most overpriced it’s ever been
I thought Government had no role to play in these things according to the GOP. This is socialism they cry when a Democrat tries to do it. I don’t support either party but I call out hypocrisy when I see it.
I think you have the party's ideology all mixed up. The GOP supports small government yes, but at the federal level. At the state level, there isn't as much stigma about using government power. Of course, right wing state government in America tend to be less involved, but doing something like this isn't too out of character
Cutting the federal and state cost of college in my opinion is necessary due were giving money to colleges at the same time college administrators will raise the price without the state or federal government approval.
@@gus1632and that results in a janky system. Why be a United States if each state just does it's own thing
@@sushles the entire point of federalism is to punish models that don't work and encourage models that do. Each state was designed to be a "laboratory for democracy" (New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann) only problems of national importance should be at the federal level (national defense, foreign policy, etc). So if a state implements a certain policy, the rest of the country gets to take notes on its success and failures, without putting the entire country at risk to a unpopular idea. Republican states steal ideas from Democract states and vice versa if they work, and if they don't they usually don't last long in their state.
Today University of Houston Victoria- Katy campus just announced that they’ll be closing that campus in 2026. It’s just the beginning. They literally just opened this University 3 years ago brand new building.
Wait seriously? I’m enrolled there right now
@ yes they sent out a mass email to everyone this week. This is for the Katy Campus
I like how he fixed the statement of only Public Colleges lol which is a very minimal percentage. The big ones will still ripping off students because they are mostly private.
Thank you - damn, we needed this. Of course, they can make it up elsewhere. And the real cost is the housing and board/food bill.
Public education should be free period!
Don't be a Socialist. Take that talk to Comm. China, N. Korea or Cuba. But not in Texas. That kind of talk comes from Comm. California and Massachusetts - not Texas. That kind of talk belongs with anti-free market AOC and Bernie. Don't be ridiculous.
Lol! Nothing is free but we pay a lot of taxes to educate Texas children k-12. College is not part of that deal.
Don't be a So Shall List. Take that talk to Calm Nest China, Korea or Cuba. But not in Texas. That kind of talk comes from Calm Nest California and Massachusetts - not Texas. That kind of talk belongs with anti-free market AOC and Bernie. What a preposterous notion.
By free you mean WE should pay so YOU don't have to. Typical liberal
Nothing is free, it would be taxpayers who would take on the burden
I currently attend Texas A&M until 2027. Wonderful news
Should have done this long ago and for longer than 2 years! All these universities have billion dollar endowments, which, in itself should be illegal for an entity receiving taxpayer funds.
Every other fee is going to skyrocket...
Just like when the government handed out stimulus money we were all so happy& yet had no idea, How much the cost of living aka inflation would mess up the world. Lol. Now most of us think MAGA is here lol yeah right😂
Exactly
Price controls are communist
Then perhaps you shouldn't go there.
What will it take to convince you that money is the only thing these people want. You are paying to get a job so you can pay for that job....
At some point we have to abandon the system. Let it break. We need to start hiring based on merit and demonstration not based on pieces of paper. If you can do the job then do it or fail and show you can't.
A University's word shouldn't be the gatekeeper of our future. That should be determined by our drive and our ability.
@@duckyoutube6318 so how are they supposed to learn how to do the job without skills? Not a sarcastic question. I’m honestly curious of your take.
🎉🎉🎉this is huge. Hopefully it's talked about more
Do something for PUBLIC SCHOOLS. HE'S HOLDING MONEY FOR SCHOOLS. STOP THINKING HE'S HELPING TEXAS HE'S NOT. FREEzing TUITION nothing new
Public schools are terrible and need to fail.
HB 8 ties school funding to outcomes. They're not "holding it". If a school cannot produce results why should they get money anyways?
Facts!!!@@FastlaneProductions1
Public schools suck.
Public school is garbage
Thank you Gov. Abbott!!!!
He needs a brand new yacht custom made 😅😅😅
How about just making college free and ENCOURAGE education
What happened to all the talk about property taxes?
They should increase fees.. this is ridiculous
Property tax isn't going anywhere my guy.
Because you'd actually own your property.
He lowered it, he even advocated for lowering and keeping it locked in so blame your state legislators for saying completely getting rid of fluctuating taxes is crazy denying his policy. But hey at least they’ve decreased a little. Gotta take what you can get
I think you answered already… it’s a just all talk
We don't own anything. My property been paid for for 20 yrs.i am 69 yo and still writing a $5k check every yesr to the county. We are renting our private property. Try not paying taxes on it and see who owns it.@BrownBrown270
It shouldn't cost this much to get an education. We should be lowering the barrier to higher education for a better understanding and more productive society.
It's probably because the department of Ed is going away. No Fafsa, Pell grants, or Federal Student loans..
Which will eliminate most people from being able to even go to college. Which is sad
Nope .... colleges will have to lower prices
Damn good thing I graduated from college. Damn. I wonder what the replacement is going to be going forward.
I think he is hoping it would bankrupt and ultimately close some colleges and universities. They need an uneducated public in order to keep power.
@@lordninja1387same I’m like god dang
This is awesome!!!
Seems like wheels is preparing for some incoming economic disaster 🤔. I wonder what that could be
Warned of a depression years ago yall don’t listen
Big whoop. Freezing the increase in cost when it’s already astronomical. Try lowering next time maybe?
Come on Abbott, spread the PUF around to ALL state funded schools in Texas!
The Permanent University Fund is oil/gas $$ from 2.1million acres in West Texas. Only UT & Aggy get this money!!!!
Lol freezing costs at all time highs isnt exactly a good thing.
Oh great, so it’ll remain ONLY 4k instead of rising to 4.5k! Gee.. thanks..
If a college graduates someone and they can’t find a job after they should get their money back.
Lol this is the mindset of someone who has no concept of how the world works.
Student loans should be based on the persons realistic ability to repay. These kids getting useless degrees that dont qualify them for reasonable paying jobs should not get accepted for loans.
@@PearlySwinesalty and uneducated much 😅😂🤣
@@leeleatherwoodthat’s actually a good idea. you have to prove you can repay every other loan.
@@PearlySwinefr
How about if you do a public service degree, like Nurses, Doctors, Nurse practitioners, etc, they pay for school? A lot of us are leaving the field.
Thank you Governor Abott
Thank you?
Is thats how they are making America the greatest again with no education???
He has to be an ignorant to block education.
Ignorants!!
Mashed potatoes and green beans
30 years too late
Thank you so much Governor, you are a true man of the people and as a student I appreciate this so much! 🙏🏼 #GodBlessTexas
Great Thanks Greg I still have to pay my first 2 years of what is already to high before you let them jack it up even higher to make up for the 2 years of the freeze.
Now you're speaking my language
Rice University has great financial aid. Rice Investment: if family makes less that $75K a year = full ride, $150K = full tuition, $200K = half tuition. Just saying. The key is getting in. If your family is not financially well off, work hard, and get a chance into a Top 10 school without or minimal student loans.
I don't believe you
@sleepersix information is available... you can Google Rice Investments
So be a genius and a select few who can get in? 😂 thats not a solution
@@AlbatrossWhisper or out work and out hustle the other people. If people can get in, why can't you? Alibis? Excuses?
@@jmeryllman only people getting in private schools are rich kids. Schools like that are nothing but hedge funds. Yuppie day care. For us peasants, its best to get a trade and hustle. My friend is a high school dropout and makes 80k
Who need scamollege it’s a rip off
we need more funding for public education and better pay for teachers.
Universities are businesses.
They’ll just raise all their other non tuition related fees to make up the difference. Not to mention it will force layoffs and cancellation of courses because they can’t pay the professors.
Wonderful. The cost of living will go up all around us, but they decided to freeze college tuition. Now, professors will feel the pinch. This will be the start of the downward spiral of post high school education.
In other country college is free like europe
Nothing in this world is free. You earn a million over there and they'll take $650,000 for taxes and build a 5 star prison resort where murderers and rapists play GTA all day on PS5.
You do realize people in Europe are taxed extremely high. As Preston said above, he is correct. That's how ridiculous it is over there.
High taxes yet since Large American field armies in places like England and Germany, with populations the size of small American cities protect their people through the cold war and provide them with advance fighters and weapons with NATO pact. If the situation was reversed I could understand but thank god we dont have foreign armies on our soil that were dependent on protection for. That's why they can afford to be liberal, they have substandard conscripted forces, NATO was a trip to see how little emphasis the Europeans put in their militaries except maybe the Brits but the rest are nasty (hands in pockets, first name basis, no discipline) it's how we designed them to be after our victory we washed the warmongering out of the people who started 2 world wars and now their grandchildren of the defeated are liberal nonthreatening anime cartoon and cellphone and car manufacturers for their American overlords. To be European is to be a protectorate of the American empire.
@@mylifeasricky6715 Good, I’m fine paying higher taxes if the quality of life is better for everyone. That’s how any civilized society should be anyways.
They may freeze tuition, but they will assign additional costs and fees that support that tuition elsewhere. My alma mater did something very similar.
As the economy fluctuates, expect those costs to appear in unique ways. It’s revenue for the institutions funded by the government. They are going to get their money, by any means necessary.
He’ll later announce that college will be allowed to collect back pay for the tuition freeze.
Dumbing down of America! Lowers the incentives of educators to progress.
Oh look, he threw the poors a bone.
Not buying it
But they don't want the president or federal government to freeze prices for groceries and rent
Groceries are a more complex process that requires a lot of different organizations to get food from the farm to the store. It would disrupt several industries. College is a single industry and college is way more overpriced than food is
@@mustang8206pay for your own sht. Bums everywhere
@mustang8206 complex doesn't mean can't be done and only do the easier more expensive stuff
THATS PRICE CONTROL SOCIALISM. SOMETHING KAMALA WOULD DO! GET RID OF ABBOTT! after. 2027 PRICES WILL TRIPLE!
I'm a Republican but my biggest complaint about the party is how little they care about education. This is a small step in the right direction
What do you mean? Republicans are the only one trying to bring school choice and more charter schools while Democrats are against it
Plus after all the spending the federal government has done the last four years I don’t think it’s a good idea to give everyone free college yet
Hey hey Ho Ho
Greg Abbot has got to go
…But a win is a win 🥇
I live in Israel and college is free! Hopefully, you guys can learn to budget and offer free education to your country as well.
Why you think it's free in Isreal 🇺🇸... tax payer dollars
@@drewluvcologne7732 please spare us your bigotry and learn to balance a budget
@@drewluvcologne7732it's mostly if not all from the religious/historical tourism. Add God to it and the sheep will pay handsomely for it. Honestly they have a syndrome (Jerusalem Syndrome) mostly when Americans n certain Europeans go
They don't want anything that might benefit a Black person.
Kari Lake needs to move to Texas!! Nough said!!
Interesting democratic move!
I still WON'T vote for him!!!
I read the article and almost laughed when they said a college degree is a gift from your parents! That means we have leaders in this state who only speak and think on behalf of those who have well off parents, on those who are more fortunate and are very unaware of the difficulty of the poor/less fortunately/non white people who are trying to get out of poverty, out of the assembly lines, out of the dilapidated houses, off of government assistance... They are unaware that a black woman's degree does not hold the same weight of a white woman's degree. Yes and that's here in Texas! I'm a current student at UTSA and I don't see my color in my program of study. I often stop and think about how impossible it looks for me. I ask myself if there will be any positions open for a black woman in my field upon graduation. It's scary! It's saddening. But all my loans are mine and not my parents!
Sounds like you play too much being a victim of nothing and complaining instead of focusing on your achievements. Your way of thinking is why you're setting yourself up for failure. Stop using race as a scapegoat and pointing fingers at white people who have nothing to do with your decisions. That's YOUR problem, nobody elses.
There will be a position open for you if you bring real value to a company. If you don't, it doesn't matter that you have a piece of paper.
Posts like this are why I consider my UTSA degree from a decade ago worthless if they’re graduating DEI 🤡 like you
It’s still too expensive. These are financial aid/student loan prices. These students need out-of-pocket prices.
If I were a woman old enough to go to college I’d get the hell out of Texas. That state should be boycotted, Florida as well.
I boycotted TX and FL for that same reason, along with anti-lgbtq+ policies
Yes please! Leave our state because we definitely don’t want y’all here 😂
By all means 🎉🎉🎉
Based. More states will follow him.
$26000....is a lie! As a full time student you can't even rent outside campus BECAUSE you're a student. Housing is at 100% capacity. The real figure is double that
Is that good or bad though?
He'll let the electric companies and insurance companies (his donors) jack up prices all they want, but when it comes to universities, he's happy to force austerity on them. No surprises, here.
Public colleges receive State money, auto and home insurance doesn't therefore the Governor cannot control insurance companies.
@@nancybbailey1975 The state has entire agencies dedicated to regulated price increases by insurance companies and electric utilities. But they don't do that, because they're all Republicans who are wholly owned by the corporations they're supposed to regulate.
Austerity 😂😂😂😂😂 they all have billion dollar endowments 😂😂😂😂😂
The worst person you know just made a great point!
Vote him out
Price fixing while on the surface is good has negative repercussions later on down the line. Let’s hope he has a plan for the upcoming years because if it’s just more of this, it’s bad news for everyone.
Abbott is a joke We texans need to be rid of him
Been saying that for years already, Ted Cruz also needs to get out
We vote all red 🤣old peeps don't care about us
Red Wave. Get out the way.
@@hernandezmancera8421did you vote for Allred?
@@hernandezmancera8421Cruz just got reelected. Texas has ZERO self respect.
Someone wants to be relected. We still have a problem to deal with. Guess we should govern outselves.
Translation: To all of you who can afford it(😉😉), enroll your loser kids now so we can slide them into the "college-educated" demo..
Greg is garbage.
The system is garbage. Kids don’t want to to college anyhow. Don’t be jealous move like the migrants did
“Trade school”
@@Moymoy529Why are you all acting like trade school is new?
I remember back in 2002 the cost at Texas A&M was $7k a semester with room and food added on campus. That is $56k for 4 years. I am not sure where this reporter got his numbers.
Unbelievable you have a debt before you start working poor generation
It’s so funny seeing democrats reeeing online when abbot does anything, even if it’s something they’ve been advocating for. Lololz
How convenient since they were about to REDUCE tuition.
evil to the core
Doesn't matter. They did this before and my university just added fees instead. They'll jack up room rates, meal plans, fees, add fees and make previously included perks add ons. "I'm sorry, the gym isn't included. You'll have to purchase a membership".
You all cry babies, not is free nothing world. Get to work, I pay for my kids, and don't cry about.
You're right! But!!! For education to be so expensive and the benefits so small means something is wrong. You pay for your kids education that's great! I don't have parents to do that for me. Also I graduated with a bachelor's degree and I desperately looked for a job and couldn't find one. Does this mean I didn't have to pay my loans? Nope! So I'm back in college to get a masters hoping that I can find a great career afterwards. San Antonio Texas is a racist place and it's hard for a black woman to find a good job.
I guarantee if you try Trade school you have job secure. My opinion
Yes stop smoking weed and Drinking alcohol and pay for ur kids sheetttt
Are you talking to Abbott? Who are you talking to exactly?
@Moymoy529 Realistically that's for men. Not many women want to work in skilled trades. If she becomes pregnant she really can't. Besides that the sexism and harassment would be unbearable.
People don't seem to understand that this *is* lowering the cost of college. Inflation should continue over the next two years, which means prices and wages in the rest of the economy will increase, making state college relatively cheaper.
Speaking not as a Rep. or Dem., not as a college grad or not, but simply a Texan who believes as Texans strongly do, that government has no right to interfere with free and peaceful Texans:
Pffffft. How DARE someone - in God's free country of Texas - interfere with its people or its commerce? I don't CARE if the rates are too high or too low - NONE OF HIS OR GOVERNMENT'S BIZ.
Well, when the State owns the colleges it is literally their business...
@@LoriL010 Point taken, but they're still interfering with free markets and market pricing. By restricting revenues, they are creating an entitlement. Do that in California, but we don't like entitlements here.
Texas funds these liberal indoctrination centers. They can do what they want with them
@@Bill_Woowho are you kidding, Newsom has broken California with Entitlements 😊
@@Bill_Woo I'm a 7th generation Texan, so don't lecture me about what CA does. Thank you very much. Football coaches don't need to make tens of millions of dollars a year either so take any budget shortfall cuts from them if you're so worried about it.
This is a great way to Reduce Veteran Affair spending too ! Less VA money being used in GI bill and other benefits means more money can go to Veteran care.
What is your source to prove that will happen?
There should not be any "educational" loans. Maybe for 1 year at a time but no more. Many people have worked their way through university in the past working as waitress and waiters to mechanics etc. Now you have to be a hedge fund manager. When you earn something you will value it a lot more.
This is totally going to increase inequities. If you have no college, you are going to get a poorer job and therefore have less to save if you can save at all. UCs which are on the cheap side for four year colleges are 15k/year for tuition only not including room and board. Full time minimum wage jobs will get you 30k a year. In high COL places, rent will literally just be 15/k a year. How are they going to eat and buy toiletries? Also idk what jank college you went to but I went to a top 20 uni and we needed almost all of our time to study unless you had an easy major like Business.
@@crimsonrose First, there is nothing wrong with "inequities" Mr. Socialist. Second, 2 year tech schools will provide a MUCH more useful education than any 4 yr degree. Ever had to call a plumber or an electrician? How about an A/C tech? Those guys are making more than 90% of degreed people right now and they provide useful skills. If you can't afford it, don't buy it
@crimsonrose wrong on all counts. A blue collar jobs pays way more than any liberal arts degree. Colleges are now dumbing down centers
Typical boomer mentality. Get with the times already, this isn't the 90s anymore.
@@crimsonroseI think your comment is way off. The commenter is just saying that college was so affordable back then that even a waitress could pay for college! Now college has become more accessible to the wealthy who can afford it. The commenter is just saying that if we could pay for our own college it gives a sense of pride to ourselves because we paid for it. We see it as more valuable than when loans pay for it. High tuition has taken that pride and value away. I totally agree with this! My husband's customer who is about to be 90 years old said she was able to pay for college with the baby sitting money she saved while still in high school. 😮
Hope that every State do the same.
Great job gov! Andin thattime, let's find a way to bring those prices down!
If college was already unaffordable how does freezing prices for only two years help anyone? What, now it won't become even more unaffordable? Don't fall for this limp d half measure.
Abbott has been a great governor.
Except fees can still be raised by universities. In Georgia the fees at many schools are as high as full time tuition.
College grads & older generations can't find jobs. Age discrimination it's Inhumand, injustice in America.