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Are there any recent studies that crunch the numbers on how much that would cost? Because as a debt free college grad earning ~16000 pre tax I'm still willing t
by Avshalom 9y ago
Are there any recent studies that crunch the numbers on how much that would cost? Because as a debt free college grad earning ~16000 pre tax I'm still willing to commit a fair amount, call it 500 a year? but I have no idea if that's even close to enough if we assume it's progressive at the same rate as income tax.
- shmerl 9y agoI'd be interested in that too. There are countries which implement it effectively.
- dnautics 9y agoit may cost more than just dollars and cents. I worry that the adage of "you get what you pay for" may start to apply.
- Avshalom 9y agoI don't know if there are many countries with fully subsidized college but there are at least a few who don't seem to see any worse outcomes than the US's existing partial subsidization by loans and grants.
- dnautics 9y agothose countries typically also have entrance requirements to college that would not sit well with the US, which values the perception of egalitarianism.
- billmalarky 9y agoMany students aren't getting what they pay for now. Better to be debt free.
- SamReidHughes 9y agoIt depends on how many people you let go to college.
- alphaalpha101 9y agoMost of the time people calculate it as if all the current cost were just transferred to the state. But of course in reality, when universities were free in the past they weren't allowed to just raise their prices to whatever they felt like charging, as they basically do now.