Currently the drop out rate for college is 40%. That's very high to ask people to pay for someone else's college when almost half will drop out. There are numerous opportunities for scholarship and low interest loans for those who want a college education without having to force US taxpayers to cover the cost for someone unwilling to do it for themselves.I vote "no". I do believe in charity and in safety nets for the most vulnerable, but forcing citizens to pay for someone else's college education is, in my view, way too much.
The usual "education is bad" grunting.Why are you hostile? I thought the left was about love and inclusion.
When a business hires someone with a college degree who has an unpaid student loan, then the business should be made responsible for repaying the loan by deducting it from the employees pay check over time.
Public libraries are free.Why should 18 year olds have to pay to train themselves for the profit of the non working investor class. Its immoral.
I did, no one has to pay for an education.Ansewer the question
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I did, no one has to pay for an education.
I am also for: Yes!Because we as a society all benefit when people are more educated. Why should need to pay for the job skills that businesses demand. If they want those skills then they pay the cost for the potential employees to earn them. People with higher education earn more, so they have more disposable money to spend, so they are consumers.
My post simply showed where knowledge can be accessed at no cost.No you did not. Good grief, your post shows why a college degree no matter the subject is so important. It teaches critical thinking, logic.
My question delt with morality, ethics.
The level of public funding for higher education is a fraction of what it was 30-50 years ago. Republicans don't want educated thinking citizens because they don't support conservatives policies that aren't sustainable and only benefit a very small section of society.What do you believe is the cause of high tuition?
Well, that just damn progressive of Deutscheland or would you prefer Allemagne?I am also for: Yes!
Germany is just about the size of Montana in geographic terms, but this Western European country — birthplace of intellectual greats like Immanuel Kant and Friedrich Nietzsche — is full of academic opportunities. Germany boasts some 450 institutions of higher education, hundreds more than neighboring countries.
Around half of all German universities are public, and German public schools waive student tuition fees. In the last decade, the country extended free college to all students. In 2014, Germany officially eliminated tuition for most bachelor's and many master's degree students, regardless of country of origin.
Nice question!Well, that just damn progressive of Deutscheland or would you prefer Allemagne?
My post simply showed where knowledge can be accessed at no cost.
Actually, it would only result in growing the Federal budget, raising taxes and/or increasing Federal deficits/debt.Yes, for the same reason high schools are.
Current college costs are outrageous. They've been outpacing inflation for decades! If you have any extra money, they'll take it.
When public college system is free, it will put a downward pressure on the private ones.
That is not quite accurate. California only paid for the first two years of community college for those who qualified. They did not pay for universities or provide free education beyond the second year of a two-year community college. The program still exists by the way. If you are a full-time student, first time a college student, and a California resident, then you qualify for up to two years of free education at one of California's community colleges. California also created the State lottery for which to pay for this education, but over the decades those funds have been subverted for other purposes, naturally.If we made the decision to require college as we have the first 12 grades, yes. Otherwise no, tho I understand that college is free or low cost in some countries like ours. And some years ago, the 1960s, California universities did not charge tuition.
The Tenth Amendment prohibits the federal government from spending a single taxpayer dollar on education. Education is the exclusive constitutional authority of the States, not the federal government.Actually, it would only result in growing the Federal budget, raising taxes and/or increasing Federal deficits/debt.
Are you sure about your first three sentences? My memory of tuition free university was from a long time ago, the early 1960s. Then I remember Reagan later on instituting tuition.That is not quite accurate. California only paid for the first two years of community college for those who qualified. They did not pay for universities or provide free education beyond the second year of a two-year community college. The program still exists by the way. If you are a full-time student, first time a college student, and a California resident, then you qualify for up to two years of free education at one of California's community colleges. California also created the State lottery for which to pay for this education, but over the decades those funds have been subverted for other purposes, naturally.
I think college should be free for those who are highly qualified.. college is not for everyone. In New York City 1 million years ago when I went there, the colleges were free. But you had to have a high average to get in.I vote "no". I do believe in charity and in safety nets for the most vulnerable, but forcing citizens to pay for someone else's college education is, in my view, way too much.
Think of it as an investment in the future.I vote "no". I do believe in charity and in safety nets for the most vulnerable, but forcing citizens to pay for someone else's college education is, in my view, way too much.
That’s why I think high school grades should be consideredSchool can be tough. You have to motivate these kids to finish their education. You know that old saying: You get what you pay for. If education is 'free' then it loses it value, kids won't take it seriously and they'll drop out of just keep going switching majors forever and never finishing.
If he wants to go to a city collegeSo if Donald Trump's son, Barron, wants a college education, you and I should be forced to pay for it?