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It might be the socialist in me, but schools should always be public. No business should be involved in educating the next generation. I think of universities
by I_got_fifty 17y ago
It might be the socialist in me, but schools should always be public. No business should be involved in educating the next generation.
I think of universities more like a R&D department for the general public. (which also is why I think all software developed in universities should be Free)
- lallysingh 17y agoSadly that just leaves politics to control education. Pick your poison.
- miked 17y agoBased on what data? Almost every country in the world is more socialist that the (former) U.S. None of those countries' university systems come close to that of the U.S. And what are the best universities in the U.S.? MIT, CalTech, Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, etc. (private) vs. UC Berkeley and UCLA (public). The latter two are soon to feel the financial collapse of California.
- jacquesm 17y agoThat may have something to do with the immense budgets for defense the US has, a portion of that money goes towards research in universities.