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Re:Colleges at the breaking point, forcing ‘hard choices’ ab... by devit on Thursday April 30, 2020 @02:44PM (#23034515)
Maybe it could be a percentage of all taxable income, kind of like giving out equity in the student themselves as a person?

Although of course there is no reason for college in general to be particularly expensive.

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Re:Colleges at the breaking point, forcing ‘hard choices’ ab... by outoftheabyss on Thursday April 30, 2020 @03:50PM (#23035293)
That's what it is here in the UK. It's around 8% of everything over £20k with loan forgiveness after 30 years.
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Re:Colleges at the breaking point, forcing ‘hard choices’ ab... by cure on Thursday April 30, 2020 @03:23PM (#23034987)
I believe Australia has a system along those lines, with forgiveness for people who work in the public service sector.
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Re:Colleges at the breaking point, forcing ‘hard choices’ ab... by sgerenser on Thursday April 30, 2020 @11:37PM (#23038866)
The US has this too, has for many years: https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/repayment/plans/income-d...
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Re:Colleges at the breaking point, forcing ‘hard choices’ ab... by sneeze-slayer on Friday May 01, 2020 @11:35AM (#23043071)
And the US Department of Ed denies 99% of applications: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2018/09/24/public-...
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