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I think California got such a long term boost when they had, not free, but very low-cost University education in the 60's - 80's. I think it basically was a hug
by dv_dt 10y ago
I think California got such a long term boost when they had, not free, but very low-cost University education in the 60's - 80's. I think it basically was a huge contributor for the computer tech industry in SV today and as well as other high-tech industries such as aerospace. It's pretty sad that they've been slowly allowing that promise to decay.
It's also so odd that tech employers decry the 'shortage' of engineers and stay silent when budget fights come up as they affect education & university tuition.
- valuearb 10y agoWhen many of the greatest silicon valley firms were founded by drop-outs, the value of cheap university in building silicon valley is questionable.
- linkregister 10y agoWhere did they drop out from? (a university, after learning what they needed; clearly there was merit)
- dragonwriter 10y agoCheap university means it's low-cost to start, learn what you need and make some connections, and drop out, not just that it is cheap to get a full degree. Conversely, rapidly increasing tuition increases the perceived cost of dropping out to try something, if failure may mean you want to go back and finish a degree.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> I think California got such a long term boost when they had, not free, but very low-cost University education in the 60's - 80's. Technically, tuition free for in-state students for most of that time, though there were some incidental fees, and a small general "education fee" established in the early 1980s. That and free community college was killed largely by Prop 13, which both killed existing property tax revenue (with both hard limits I on rates and a calculation methodology that guaranteed a much value would be untaxed) and made it procedurally much more difficult to raise other taxes.