I went to university in Sweden, where there is no tuition for citizens (EU citizens, actually.) I think this is one of the reasons the Scandinavian countries ha

I went to university in Sweden, where there is no tuition for citizens (EU citizens, actually.) I think this is one of the reasons the Scandinavian countries have such high social mobility. Now, that doesn't mean going to university is free, since you still have to be able to pay room, board, textbooks, etc, but the student loans I have are structured such that the payback is indexed to my income. Not being able to pay your student loans because you don't make enough money is not a thing, so there's much less risk in taking out these loans that there is in the US. I would happily fund other people's education if that means a citizenry that doesn't believe the Earth is flat, that vaccinates their children, and whose world view in general is based on critically assessing sources of information... Now, the Swedish universities are also mostly state-run. In the US, I'm not sure how the system would be sustainable if the private institutions of higher education can just charge what they want and then have the state pay the students for it. Seems like a recipe for runaway costs. I guess her proposal is only for public universities though?