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Re:When Unpaid Student Loan Bills Mean You Can No Longer Work by closeparen on Sunday November 19, 2017 @04:05PM (#15735936)
How much lower would the premium for an educated worker be if college became the new high school?

I’d also support free college, but I’d expect all wages to fall accordingly. Or for the loan situation to repeat itself, this time to pay the income taxes on tuition waivers for grad school, as a masters or PhD becomes necessary to set yourself apart in the labor market.

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Re:When Unpaid Student Loan Bills Mean You Can No Longer Work by greeneggs on Monday November 20, 2017 @12:21AM (#15737994)
You might find this article interesting [1]. Although free tuition caused enrollment to rise 22%, still German "university graduates earn 40% more than those with a vocational education." And "making tuition free hasn’t led to any noticeable change in the demographics of who goes to college," partly because living expenses aren't free.

[1] Jon Marcus, "Germany proves tuition-free college is not a silver bullet for America’s education woes" https://qz.com/812200/is-free-college-possible-germany-shows...

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