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A comment on Harvard and MIT's $800M Mistake: The Triple Failure of 2U, EdX, and Axim. Parent comment

Re:Harvard and MIT's $800M Mistake: The Triple Failure of 2U... by Hellolearning on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @12:14PM (#41369162)
You can actually get a university allowance through your job experience.

You can get Bafoeg (financial support which you get for free) if you have a job degree and go to the BOS to get your university degree that way.

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Re:Harvard and MIT's $800M Mistake: The Triple Failure of 2U... by em-bee on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @01:06PM (#41369967)
in my time bafoeg was 50% loan, and it would only cover living expenses and study material. if university cost actual money, financial support for it would be another thing entirely.

the point is: does charging for university and then giving financial support to those who need it really change anything other than causing more bureaucracy and risking that some people can't go because they don't qualify for financial support yet shy away from the expense?

reducing taxes so that people have more money so they can afford paid education is not going to lead to more students but less.

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