That's really just something you tell yourself to feel good about the dire financial situation your students are in. I mean, yes, spending 4 years with minimal

That's really just something you tell yourself to feel good about the dire financial situation your students are in. I mean, yes, spending 4 years with minimal responsibility, partying, and studying great literature and arts is certainly enriching. However, I'm sure most of your students feel entitled to that experience and would demand a system which would take money from me to pay for it. Having recently graduated from college, I strongly disagree with the idea that your students offer much to society to the point where I should be paying their way through college. They're free to live in virtual debt slavery. That's their right to decide that the college experience they got was worth it.