so what will happen AGAIN is that the struggling middle class will get screwed...
too "rich" for college help but too poor to afford it themselves...
just like health insurance, Medicaid, food stamps, free phones, free transportation,free summer camps, free every single thing...
but work, and work hard, especially if you had to go thru schooling and training, then you can just forget any help...
Public universities will be made free and private schools will submit to takeover or go out of business.
Nearly two-thirds of Americans are in favor of free college for everyone
Drives me to drink! There is no such thing as free college or free anything else. Schools are not going to eductae you kid for free. Someone has to pay the bill. You do. you just get to pay it to the Government in taxes insted of directly to your kids school.
......college classes do not necessarily equate to being educated.
If they want to offer free college then make it available to the legitimate students pursuing degrees in business, finance, technology, engineering or medical fields...........
As far as student athletes under scholarships using the universities as a pathway to the pros, I would demand any such athlete who signs a pro contract to reimburse his university for the full amount of his education and room and board..........
I do NOT believe that conventional college classes, with in-person instructors and a real person grading exams, should be an entitlement.
I do believe that technology has advanced to the point where many subjects can be entirely automated, with online courses, recorded lectures, and electronically administered and graded exams. For those kinds of classes, standard tuition doesn’t make sense anymore. They could be offered either for free (with the cost of maintaining the servers covered either by donations), or at a small cost.
I also think we’ve reached the point technologically where some majors could be earned by taking an exam. Proving that you know the material is more important than proving how long you sat in the seat.
Pay a fee, take the exam, done.
Some colleges are already making moves in this direction.
That’s a BS poll if I ever saw one. What was the question? “Do you want to die or get free college?” Well, now, I think free college will do just fine.
Reduced to this HAAHHA
Today... I want a ‘66 Pontiac GTO 400 HO w Manual Trans, Red w Black Interior, a Cabin in the Mountains and Free Ice-cream for life.
I have a much longer list for tomorrow
Just means two-thirds of Americans are stupid.
A free college education will be just as marketable as anything else that is free.