Tennessee begins free community college plan

Re:Tennessee begins free community college plan by Retric on Thursday April 24, 2014 @12:17PM (#7641203)

Diminishing returns apply to education and the US government is spending 1 Trillion/year on education. The current excess of PHD's is harming the US economy by pushing back how far people start working.

That said, I think we would probably be well served by providing free high-school level education for anyone that needs it. AKA any-class available to high school students should have free adult equivalent.

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Re:Tennessee begins free community college plan by humanrebar on Thursday April 24, 2014 @12:28PM (#7641262)

I agree. But I would like the education (classes, materials, etc.) to be separate from the certification of knowledge and skills.

Both should be free (or heavily subsidized), but like in healthcare, we should be paying for outcomes, not services rendered. And we should open things up to allow economies of scale.

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Re:Tennessee begins free community college plan by wuliwong on Thursday April 24, 2014 @12:43PM (#7641361)

Those damn PhD's!!! Ruining this country?!!!!

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