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> No argument from me other than to say: you've just described every public-private partnership, ever. This is patently untrue. The entity that paid for my 2yr
by WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
> No argument from me other than to say: you've just described every public-private partnership, ever.
This is patently untrue. The entity that paid for my 2yr college was a public-private partnership. It was administered by the Dept of Labor. The private end was a mix of businesses and philanthropy that wanted to better align education and careers.
Funding was predicated on students completing degrees and a period of related employment. It was tremendously successful. It was also immediately axed when the 'Contract with America' took effect.
- relaxing 2y ago“Public-private partnership” normally refers to public money going to private enterprise. I’m not sure what private money going to quasi-public higher ed, publically administered(?) would qualify as.
- jmyeet 2y agoI can't speak to the specifics of whatever program you went through. Whatever it is, I'm glad it worked out for you. But my question is: why does college cost anything? Particularly more vocational courses, which 2 year Associate's degrees tend to be. We have a model for this: the military. You pick a job, they train you to do that job and then you do that job. There is absolutely no reason why education can't be this accessible to everyone.