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>>pessim+(OP)
I hate Newsom but I think this is a good idea. Education and support should be 100% free for those in the more difficult economic situations.

>>remote+55
I don’t agree.

My parents are low middle class. We didn’t qualify for any financial aid and they were tasked with trying to find a way to send both my sister and I to college which they couldn’t afford.

So what did we do? Take out a bunch of loans. Good thing I got a decent job that can pay for them. Too bad for my sister who had a masters and is making $35k as a teacher in Tennessee which is barely more than minimum wage.

>>ecf+n7
I think it should be free because of stories like yours. It shouldn't be a requirement to be saddled with debt to participate in society.

>>tester+I7
Problem with free tuitition is it only incentivizes cash grab from educational institutions.

There will be gazillion universities overnight similar to coding bootcamps - all competing for state funded tuition without any regard to quality

>>slt202+2b

  > Problem with free tuitition is it only incentivizes cash grab from educational institutions.

that assumes that private schools would be the beneficiaries no?

my understanding is that "free college" usually applies to public institutions (state college/universities)...?

>>andrek+UE
State bureaucrats will rush and charter gazillion piss poor grade universities to “meet increased demand” - what difference that would make?

Problem is with American University itself, its overbloated mandate, abysmal efficiency, and dysfunctional bureacracy that has very little to do with actual education and its outcomes

>>slt202+v51

  > Problem is with American University itself, its overbloated mandate, abysmal efficiency, and dysfunctional bureacracy that has very little to do with actual education and its outcomes

was it always like this though?

from what i've heard it didn't always used to be like that....