> Can't we do the sensible thing and lift the minimum income high enough so that only those who want to study will go to college and do so without fear of missi

> Can't we do the sensible thing and lift the minimum income high enough so that only those who want to study will go to college and do so without fear of missing out? Australia has a kind of free university for all. Australian citizens get an interest free loan of about $5k/year for tuition. You just pay it back by paying a little more tax on your income over $47k/year until it's gone. If you don't earn over $47k/year, you never pay it back, which is fine and expected. It's also easy to get welfare for housing and food as a student, so university is mostly "free". (For various values of free) Even with all of that, plenty of people still cheat on university exams. I was shocked to learn about it, but there are always people who take that route.