I guess the issue with college funding is: is it an entitlement or an incentive program? If it's an entitlement, we could just give people money whether or not

I guess the issue with college funding is: is it an entitlement or an incentive program? If it's an entitlement, we could just give people money whether or not they choose to spend it on college. If it's an incentive (buying a good outcome for society), then it seems fair that the funder has some say in what they're buying. I've heard Canada does have a serious problem with oscillating supply/demand mismatch in their medical education funding. But it feels like that could be smoothed by using look back averaging & creating a +/- % system vs a hard, "there are no more slots" one.