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Re:NYU Makes Tuition Free for All Medical Students by pfisch on Friday August 17, 2018 @01:46AM (#17780553)
That would cause a crazy economic implosion in the education sector. Anything like that would need to be done very gradually or else there would be massive layoffs at every university all at once.
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Re:NYU Makes Tuition Free for All Medical Students by alexgmcm on Friday August 17, 2018 @03:50AM (#17781031)
I agree but we must also realise the amount of struggle and suffering the current system causes to graduates.

In general it's a lot easier to see the flaws of a new proposal than take notice of the problems with the status quo.

So doing things really gradually also has a cost.

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Re:NYU Makes Tuition Free for All Medical Students by duxup on Friday August 17, 2018 @10:13AM (#17782933)
Short term the costs to those you describe as suffering will be significant too...such as no options.
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