Re:More Americans Are Falling Behind on Student Loans, and N...
by sethrin on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @01:30AM
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> They do, in a way, by paying higher salaries for the graduates they really want.
Seriously?
> "The government pays your tuition" is unlikely to find much support outside of a certain age bracket.
"I've got mine, fuck you Jack" is a popular sentiment across all age brackets, but charity and compassion are also not age-restricted.
They do, in a way, by paying higher salaries for the graduates they really want. Some companies also pay tuition for employees going to school.
> Since that is unrealistic, the ultimate solution would seem to be making higher education free, like the rest of the civilized world.
Great Britain doesn't have free higher education.
"Make higher education free" is certainly a worthy goal. But there needs to be some debate for how to get there. "The government pays your tuition" is unlikely to find much support outside of a certain age bracket.
Something to consider: German universities are free to everyone who passes an entrance exam [1]. But German universities also spend half the amount per student per year as US universities[2]. $10,164 vs $23,064. They also spend more on R&D proportionally, and in absolute terms per student-year.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Germany#Tertiary_...
2. https://www.oecd.org/edu/EAG2014-Indicator%20B1%20(eng).pdf (page 215)