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More market-driven? It's only since people started arguing that colleges should be run like businesses that tuition has exploded. There are things that should
by Vivtek 14y ago
More market-driven? It's only since people started arguing that colleges should be run like businesses that tuition has exploded.
There are things that shouldn't be market-driven. Look at Germany for an example - no vouchers needed to go to college there because the government simply pays for everybody (even foreigners). And the economy is doing fine.
- cobrausn 14y agoGermany is a wonderful cherry-picked example, but it is hardly the only country in Europe to pay for higher education - many of the others aren't in such great financial shape. http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1976724,00.html http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1976724,00.htm... I would love to see higher education made accessible to everyone with the ability to do so, and would love to see college cost a lot less, even if it is too late for me (6 figures of student loan debt). But just saying 'the government should pay for it look at Germany' is a far too simplistic outlook, especially in the face of crippling yearly deficits that aren't showing any signs of going away under either party's 'leadership'.
- eli_gottlieb 14y agoSo what about Canada? France? Israel? Japan?
- Vivtek 14y agoMore cherry-picked examples! BELIEVE! Apparently, since there is only one dimension in this particular argument, cobrausn believes there is only one factor in economic results. Today, anyway.