How high will college tuitions go now?
It's official! Students can now filch out on their loans. They sky's the limit on tuition! Yipeeee!
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SW-User
I really disagree with free university education as going to university is always a "choice". In other words, you don't have to go...people will say that we all benefit from graduates having gone to university, but do we really? Unless they study medicine, nursing and to a lesser extent teaching and engineering, there is absolutely no benefit. If you want to get a degree then you need to be the one to pay for it (even if it takes years).
I hope Biden's decision to cancel student loan debt backfires tremendously. Working-class people aren't going to benefit because the reality is that most of them aren't in university because they can't afford *any* aspect of college life and have to work as soon as they finish high school. This is just a way to appeal to young university educated voters...it does nothing for people who truly need help and real policy change from the government.
And, he's done this when the U.S is almost certainly in a recession.
I hope Biden's decision to cancel student loan debt backfires tremendously. Working-class people aren't going to benefit because the reality is that most of them aren't in university because they can't afford *any* aspect of college life and have to work as soon as they finish high school. This is just a way to appeal to young university educated voters...it does nothing for people who truly need help and real policy change from the government.
And, he's done this when the U.S is almost certainly in a recession.
Heartlander · 80-89, M
@SW-User When defined in terms of professor and teacher wages, education is dirt cheap. 70% of the cost of education goes elsewhere. And much of that is socialist cost shifting. It's the same reason why health care is so expensive. Give half the people free education and the price for the other half gets doubled. Give half the people free health care and the price doubles for the other half. When the government starts giving half the people free food the cost for the other half will also double.
SW-User
@SW-User I think it depends on what country you're in to some extent. There's a few issues with the U.S cancelling student loan debt and they range from the U.S almost being in a rescission (most economists predict one soon), this being a political tactic with no real consideration as to the implications, and a very evident lack of planning.
As far as I'm aware, you're from Southern Europe...there's less problems with class there. I live in the U.K, and the people who go to university here are almost entirely middle-class. It isn't free, but it's cheaper then in the U.S and yet that still doesn't make a difference when it comes to encouraging working-class kids to go to university.
As far as I'm aware, you're from Southern Europe...there's less problems with class there. I live in the U.K, and the people who go to university here are almost entirely middle-class. It isn't free, but it's cheaper then in the U.S and yet that still doesn't make a difference when it comes to encouraging working-class kids to go to university.
SW-User
@SW-User I am from Southern Europe but I have studied both in southern and northern Europe (Scandinavia). Even though the issue is not as obvious or intense over here (Sweden) the working - class will still choose to go to university. And education is free over here too.
SW-User
@SW-User Those places are very different to the U.S and U.K though, and I still think it's fair to pay for ones education after the age of 18. Over here we have a problem with many university graduates not even working in the field they studied in, which really makes their education and the money spent on it a waste. It's either because they can't find work in that area or have developed an interest in other things...tbh it happens all too frequently.