[EagleUSA]

Deja Vu Obama oppression.

[rarestia]

Let them apply. Doesn’t mean colleges are going to accept them. I applied to 20 different colleges but was only accepted to 11 of them. It’s like a job application: just because you applied doesn’t mean you have a right to be accepted let alone get an interview.

[Mopp4]

Chicago is doing this as well effective 2020.

[circlecity]

What conceivable penalty could they try to impose that wouldn’t be blatantly unconstitutional.

[Fester Chugabrew]

Re-education is that important.

[circlecity]

This is probably being pushed by the colleges as a money making deal.

[PGR88]

They want to extend public school indoctrination.

It appears that young people still have tendencies towards their own opinions and un-approved thought, which has been difficult to stamp out.

[Slyfox]

I hope smarter heads destroy this bill quickly. It is so Soviet Unionesque.

[Vlad The Inhaler]

Who is pushing this?

The money lenders?

Stop government guarantees of student loans and watch this goofy stuff go away fast.

[lee martell]

College is not for everybody. I say that as someone who enjoyed all my college years so very much. Some folks have a different life plan. Some have had enough structured schooling by the 12th grade and had it ‘up to here’ with the whole idea.

These people should be encouraged to join the military for the minimum of two years, but it should be their choice.
The military will provide structure and it will get them out of the family home. Once out of the family home, one does not have to keep playing the role of son, daughter or dependent.

[laweeks]

What a moron! How about trades schools? Or, what if a young lady just wants to get married and have a family? Or if a young man wants to work at a store or gas station? Why don’t they leave the kids alone, dammit!

[BBQToadRibs]

College just simply isn’t for everyone. And should they be accepted, are they forced to take on tens of thousands of dollars in debt for an education they don’t want? May never use? A BA in a degree that’s useless?

[sipow]

We need less young people getting indoctrinated in college, not more.

[gundog]

Application fees?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Considering that Frosh and Sophomore years are remedial to catch the kids up and Junior and Senior years essentially complete what used to be a normal high school education, this probably makes sense. The “college grads” will be functionally equivalent to high school grads a couple generations ago.

[Amendment10]

As a side note to this thread, consider that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel was evidently planning a similar program for that city’s high school students last year (2017), but not necessarily for the same purpose imo.

Chicago will force students to have post-high school plans

[Little Ray]

Got a better idea.
Bring back decent vocational training and apprenticeships.

[Dilbert San Diego]

To me the big problem with this, is requiring students and their parents , to make these commitments.

We can and should encourage high schoolers to think about their future, explore career fields, and find a path as they transition to adulthood.

But to me, there’s a big difference between encouraging them to plan for the future, and compelling them to choose college, whether college would fit in to their plans or not.

[CedarDave]

This thread and earlier FR article:

New Mexico bill would force students to apply to college

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Do they have uniforms for them to wear too?