Chuck Saw and Ramen noodles

Due to a stomach infection, I've been reverting back to my college budget and habits the last two weeks, Chuck Shaw and Ramen noodles being two of the main food groups that keep me culinary company. I realized it's not a good plan to put Tupperware in the oven-even if it just to heat up said Ramen noodles. But it's not necessarily a bad idea, melted plastic with Chuck Saw and Ramen noodles can be a good substitute when you run out of Chuck Saw and Ramen noodles..lol

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How to give more financial aid to students

Raise the money by renting out college buildings and class spaces that are currently used just to give lectures. With video conference technology students can attend lectures from their room. I would prefer that if rented out class space meant I can receive more financial aid to pull it through in this bad economy.

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Merit-based scholarship and how to improve it

Usually merit-based scholarship is given if the student maintains a minimum GPA. How about changing this rule and make merit-based scholarship available based on the improvement a student makes on any subject from one semester to the next? If a student last semester got a C in math and this semester improved her grade to B she gets $1,000, if the grade was improved to A she gets $2,000. If she got the highest grade she can get and managed to maintain it then the scholarship will be a fixed amount, say $500 or something. If the grades drop she gets no money.

The amounts will be the same across all subjects. The differences in the amounts will only be determined based on the degree of grade improvement. I think this system gives stronger incentives for students to perform better at school.

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4-year MBAs

Length of study becomes same as college. If all MBAs were 4-years, I bet most people would choose to do an undergrad degree instead of an MBA. Only those really interested in management would go through an MBA. We face a crisis that calls for transforming our economy. People will retool better if they study a new subject than do an MBA. I have in mind business and finance majors who recently lost their jobs.

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