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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+(OP)
I agree it should cost less, but I don't understand why everyone seems to think the government (taxpayers) should be paying these tuitions. The problem is that tuition is ridiculous.

>>tester+(OP)
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+k3

  > 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)...?

>>bagacr+H1
You do understand that the state won’t be paying individual tuition to state-run universities. They’ll just fund their actual operations.

>>slt202+k3
States don’t pay the tuition for private K-12 students and they won’t pay the tuition for private colleges.

>>hollan+qy
No, that's not clear. I'm sure the state (and other) universities would say that tuition already funds "actual operations". What guidelines do bureaucrats inflict on universities to ensure there are no fake operations sucking up funds? Can you point me to the specific state funding proposals you're talking about?

>>andrek+cx
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

>>hollan+By
Nor compare the quality of average public school with average private school?

The difference is day and night, especially in academics.

Public schools became sort of free daycare. I fear public universities will become something like that plus job program for bureacrats unemployable anywhere else (just like with any state government)

>>slt202+NX

  > 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....