RambleTamble
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Smart people don't vote against their best interests.
What would happen if college was free for all students?
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David777
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Would likely become like many community colleges seem to have become with significant numbers without anything better to do, like a working career going to their local community colleges and then bringing along the same non-serious attitudes they did in high school where its more a convenient excuse to continue to socialize with others of like age. Also, many HR, human resource departments of corporations, have schemed with colleges to only bother looking at resumes with college credits or degrees, while instantly tossing those with just solid work experiences, despite such often being more important.
Llynn
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I financed my last two years of undergrad and much of grad school by giving some of my young adulthood to the USN. For me the GI Bill was a Godsend and changed my life. Unfortunately lots of worthless training was included in the program so far too much money was wasted.
VaughanJB
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Well, prior to 1998, in the UK, university (college) was free in the UK. Funding came from the tax payer.
I can't think of too many benefits from having an uneducated populace. And in my life time, a college education has been considered essential for my jobs/roles.
But then, like everything, it has become corrupted by greed. For example, the "success" of a college is often measured on how many students graduate with a degree, which appears to have the net effect of lowering standards in order to keep the marketing looking good.
Also, costs are now largely too high, and we've lost any sight of joined up thinking - what are we educating people for? When it's on the public dime, I think we should be helping to build a greater future, ensuring people have the skills to be successful in the society they'll function in. When it's paid for privately - well, I guess if you want to study flower arranging, then knock yourself out. So, when I was a lad, there was a new emphasis on Computer Science (as it was called then). This helped people get ready for the world we live in.
One problem today is that there seems to be a demand that a college education should guarantee employment. That seems to be regardless of the subject studied. It seems to only be dawning on people now that things don't work that way. Also, student loans are handed out too easily to 18 year olds, at obscene interest rates, that shackle them for decades.
I can't think of too many benefits from having an uneducated populace. And in my life time, a college education has been considered essential for my jobs/roles.
But then, like everything, it has become corrupted by greed. For example, the "success" of a college is often measured on how many students graduate with a degree, which appears to have the net effect of lowering standards in order to keep the marketing looking good.
Also, costs are now largely too high, and we've lost any sight of joined up thinking - what are we educating people for? When it's on the public dime, I think we should be helping to build a greater future, ensuring people have the skills to be successful in the society they'll function in. When it's paid for privately - well, I guess if you want to study flower arranging, then knock yourself out. So, when I was a lad, there was a new emphasis on Computer Science (as it was called then). This helped people get ready for the world we live in.
One problem today is that there seems to be a demand that a college education should guarantee employment. That seems to be regardless of the subject studied. It seems to only be dawning on people now that things don't work that way. Also, student loans are handed out too easily to 18 year olds, at obscene interest rates, that shackle them for decades.