Re:Why Computing Students Should Contribute to Open Source S...
by uberswe on Monday June 28, 2021 @09:33AM
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This is more of a US problem. In the EU much of higher education is very cheap or free. Some students even get paid a small amount of money and have access to loans with low interested and great terms so that it's easier to focus on school and everyone is on a more even playing field.
Re:Why Computing Students Should Contribute to Open Source S...
by goodpoint on Monday June 28, 2021 @09:51AM
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Yes, and in various countries universities have a solid theoretical and scholarly approach to STEM topics.
In US Engineering is framed as a very practical, "how-to" oriented, to the point that people can be surprised to learn that engineers do research and publish papers.
Their prices say they are. There is no way they could be as expensive as they are, except that they are capturing a lot of the value of the vocational education they are expected to provide. Their prices speak louder than high-falutin' principles.
I'll permit University's their "we're not vocational training facilities" argument when their prices come back down to something like a 1980s level and reflect their expectation that they are not doing vocational training.