Re:Dartmouth Eliminates Student Loans for Undergraduates
by em-bee on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @06:17PM
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germany doesn't limit college enrollment based on economic needs. by law, every student who qualifies, has a right to enroll.
limits are based on the capacities of each university. if the demand grows then capacities need to be expanded.
the big difference is that universities do not decide who qualifies. anyone with a highschool diploma qualifies automatically. but not every student enters high school. many students instead learn a trade after middle school.
Why? Such a policy is either regressive, or inefficient. If you do like the Germans do and limit college enrollment to what the economy really needs (1/4 of the population, maybe less than that), then you have middle class people subsidizing upper middle class and rich people. If you open up college to everyone like America is trying to do, then you generate huge amounts of waste. In America, half of bartenders have a college degree, and that's without free tuition!