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In Germany it is common to get kicked out of free university on a technicality and you have to sue to get back in. I am told they do this to keep class sizes m
by sneak 2y ago
In Germany it is common to get kicked out of free university on a technicality and you have to sue to get back in. I am told they do this to keep class sizes manageable and to filter out those who are just there because it’s free and they have nothing else to do.
- Mordisquitos 2y agoThat sounds like a 'Germany' problem, not a 'free university' problem. There are trivial ways to keep class sizes manageable. One way is for universities to limit the available places in each degree for first year enrolment, and assign these places based on entrance exam results (as in Spain, where tuition isn't free but is very cheap compared to the U.S.). Another way is to have unlimited first year places, but restrict places from second year onwards to a given number n, allowing only the top n students from the first year to progress (as in France, where tuition is not technically free but averages to < 200€ a year).