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The last thing US education needs is further tuition inflation because now the government going to pay for everyone's $60k/year liberal arts degree. I think th
by jeffbax 8y ago
The last thing US education needs is further tuition inflation because now the government going to pay for everyone's $60k/year liberal arts degree.
I think there's a place for government-funded higher-ed, but it has to be for schools that can keep costs under control (most likely state and community schools) as opposed to what seems to be a cry for unlimited education spending everywhere that will only accelerate ballooning costs.
We should commend the private efforts like Berea does. That is a much better model than putting the cost burden on everyone.
- tareqak 8y agoI think we can commend private efforts like Berea, but also hold the government accountable in its spending. Tax collection and government spending are two different things: mismanagement of tax revenue only related to tax collection in that the latter allows for the former in that there becomes something to mismanage. If we want to stop collection because of mismanagement, then the government shouldn't have bailed out the banks in 2008. If you don't want to pay for someone else's liberal arts degrees, then you petition ask the government to only sponsor scholarships and grants for careers that are in demand / the state or nation as a whole lacks.
- jimbokun 8y agoThe government should run its own schools to compete with the private ones, and then immediately suspend all aid and loan programs for private universities. Public money for private institutions is almost always a stupid idea with bad, unintended outcomes.