Straighterline now offers Financial Aid

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Ughh. I wish policy makers could digest the bigger picture. "Opportunities" like this (and the expansion of financial aid funds in general) is a problem that encourages borrowing at the 100/200 level which in turn means that (a) students are taking on debt during their gen eds at a time when they have not even started training for their job - thus have not significantly "improved" their employability...yet and (b) are going into a path that has only a 13-50% completion rate - thus leaving college with potential debt without an increased ability to repay it.
My opinion is my own obviously the students and SL think this is great. I'm sure zillions of people believe that there is no other conceivable way to pay $50/credit without financial aid. Frankly, if someone can't crack that nut BEFORE signing up, adding AA to their resume isn't going to give them a decent ROI anyway.
Programs like these are, in my opinion, the gateway to debt and exceptionally enticing. I didn't use the word predatory, but it's about as close as you can get.