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> (the government, [...]) should be paying for. If someone can use OCW to advance their knowledge and opportunity in society, and then later in their career vo
by julian_1 9y ago
> (the government, [...]) should be paying for.
If someone can use OCW to advance their knowledge and opportunity in society, and then later in their career voluntarily contribute back something, that is a good model for some people.
Contrast this with the government's role in creating a vocational structure that saddles students with enormous debt right at the start of their working life. Also, the arguably opportunistic behavior of the lending market and universities and the devaluing of education via diploma mills.
- imron 9y ago> Contrast this with the government's role in creating a vocational structure that saddles students with enormous debt right at the start of their working life And contrast that with how it was a few decades ago when the government funded universities and a summer job was enough to pay your yearly tuition. The current loan system is an awful mess of perverse incentives. When people talk about what the government should be doing, they're not talking about the current system.
- chronic940 9y agoThe solution is that not everyone needs to go to college. Just look at the thread here. You have unqualified restaurant waiters wanting to get an engineering job at Google and think a CS degree is the only way.