Who's Missing from America's Colleges? Rural High School Graduates

Re:Who's Missing from America's Colleges? Rural High School ... by arkh on Friday February 23, 2018 @03:18AM (#16444954)

> In countries where university are cheaper nobody bats an eye at someone going through the cycles just for the sake of it, purely to learn interesting things.

We do. Every year discovering yourself is a year you're not productive. Those cheaper university fees come from taxes which you need employed people to pay. I'd argue the US system is fairer: people who enjoy university education pay for it. In Europe, people who got in trade and never thought about getting a university degree are paying for those for get them.

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Re:Who's Missing from America's Colleges? Rural High School ... by emodendroket on Friday February 23, 2018 @11:18AM (#16447237)

What about the societal good of having educated, informed citizens? People attending college are not just "discovering themselves."

The unfairness in the US system comes largely from the fact that, depending on what kind of family you come from, college may be very easy for you to attend or very difficult.

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Re:Who's Missing from America's Colleges? Rural High School ... by cinquemb on Friday February 23, 2018 @06:51AM (#16445745)

>I'd argue the US system is fairer: people who enjoy university education pay for it.

Stateside, as NPL rates increases with the nominal prices of attending, this becomes less true on top of that it is assumed that future taxes will support these increases well into the future.

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Re:Who's Missing from America's Colleges? Rural High School ... by philg_jr on Friday February 23, 2018 @09:09AM (#16446364)

Are there no free vocational schools in Europe?

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