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Similar thoughts here - just make public universities (almost) free and stop giving out loans, and you'd be where most European countries are. I guess the thin
by t_mann 4y ago
Similar thoughts here - just make public universities (almost) free and stop giving out loans, and you'd be where most European countries are.
I guess the thing is that once you've added all those extra layers it's hard to roll them back because so many jobs indirectly depend on them now (administrators, bankers, collectors,...), and some of them have quite strong lobbies (cough, bankers, cough).
- anonporridge 4y agoMy understanding is that the trade off in European systems is a much more stringent entrance requirement. So, university is free, but a smaller percentage of people have the scores to get in. Only about 30% of German students go to university, vs 40+% of Americans. This isn't the worst idea. College in the US is overly fetishized and trade schools and/or going directly to work or starting a business is snubbed. The result seems to be a deeply overeducated, but under employable population and an aging trade class that is entering retirement without having fully passed the torch to the next generation.
- t_mann 4y agoNo, afaik that's not the case everywhere. Switzerland, which has the best unis on the continent, is pretty open registration for all nationals, in others it's sort of a mix. Selection happens during the degrees, exams aren't curved.