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I'm far from an expert on these matters, but here is my thinking:
1. Government Aid. The college system is able to be propped up even with massive tuition increases because of loans and free aid. If they would stop giving hand outs and allowing students to take out as much as they pleased then they would be forced to adjust tuition as attendance drops. If they're going to give out aid like this then you should be forced to take majors that are actually in need (STEM majors)
2. Stop rehashing the same things. People spend 4 years in college (at least) learning many of the same things they should have learned in high school, and if they didn't well then those need to be remedial classes that are paid for on their own dime. You can easily wipe out 1-1.5yrs of school if you stop forcing students to retake Math, Biology and English classes. (The sidenote to this is that high school education needs to be revamped as well. 12 years of schools seems excessive to me.) That would cut out a years worth of tuition at least.
3. Not everyone is university material. Sorry, that's the way it is. We need uneducated labor. It's not an insult to those who do it. Some don't have the drive or ability to make it thru college but you can still make a living (A great one as an entrepreneur even). Work on apprenticeship programs. Expand trade, business, vocational schools. Allow these schools to take over 'less educationally intensive' white collar jobs like Accounting.
The interesting thing about Ivy league schools are that they usually have extensive in-house financial aid programs that for people that can't afford it but make the cut they go for next to nothing. That seems fair to me. Let the schools invest in those great minds.
Whenever I see these movements or whatever. I just hear a lot of, "Me, me, me." with no regard to personal responsibility. I never hear anything about how they're going to give back either. You never see someone say they're going to dedicate their professional lives to making it easier for the others after them. It's all about how to fix their immediate problems right now because they've found themselves in a shit position.
1. Government Aid. The college system is able to be propped up even with massive tuition increases because of loans and free aid. If they would stop giving hand outs and allowing students to take out as much as they pleased then they would be forced to adjust tuition as attendance drops. If they're going to give out aid like this then you should be forced to take majors that are actually in need (STEM majors)
2. Stop rehashing the same things. People spend 4 years in college (at least) learning many of the same things they should have learned in high school, and if they didn't well then those need to be remedial classes that are paid for on their own dime. You can easily wipe out 1-1.5yrs of school if you stop forcing students to retake Math, Biology and English classes. (The sidenote to this is that high school education needs to be revamped as well. 12 years of schools seems excessive to me.) That would cut out a years worth of tuition at least.
3. Not everyone is university material. Sorry, that's the way it is. We need uneducated labor. It's not an insult to those who do it. Some don't have the drive or ability to make it thru college but you can still make a living (A great one as an entrepreneur even). Work on apprenticeship programs. Expand trade, business, vocational schools. Allow these schools to take over 'less educationally intensive' white collar jobs like Accounting.
Nobody makes them go to an expensive school. They can go to a community college. However, the current society makes them think that paying more for a school increases their chances of getting a job because a degree from a CC is worth less than a degree from an Ivy league school. I'm not saying that they are exactly the same but is one degree worth 50x the other?
Just like nobody makes you drive a BMW vs a Honda, we can choose to get a Honda and still get around, or we can complain that BMWs are too expensive but still choose to buy them.
The interesting thing about Ivy league schools are that they usually have extensive in-house financial aid programs that for people that can't afford it but make the cut they go for next to nothing. That seems fair to me. Let the schools invest in those great minds.
Whenever I see these movements or whatever. I just hear a lot of, "Me, me, me." with no regard to personal responsibility. I never hear anything about how they're going to give back either. You never see someone say they're going to dedicate their professional lives to making it easier for the others after them. It's all about how to fix their immediate problems right now because they've found themselves in a shit position.
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