What if in general there were an option for higher education that was more spread out? This is how most higher ed actually works out in practice. Where I grew

What if in general there were an option for higher education that was more spread out? This is how most higher ed actually works out in practice. Where I grew up in Minnesota at least 50% of students at the U of MN worked and went to school part time and took 6-8 years to get a degree.