Should Public Colleges be Free?

[FreewareTownCOM]

Should Public Colleges be Free?

 

[Gunslinger08]

No.

 

[FleshLight]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
No.

 

[DaTT]

Public school isn't even free, why would a form of higher learning be?

 

[Garet Jax]

Education is not a right - it is a privilege

So no.

 

[scorpmatt]

no

I already bumped this thread once, so I'm not doing it again, but BAN this guy please

 

[habib89]

a lot of the public universities are already in shambles.. why make it worse?

 

[Amused]

Nothing should be free because in reality, nothing is free.

Somebody is going to pay for that school, no matter what you do.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Plenty of financial aid for the less privileged to go to college for free (i know several) right now.

 

[gar3555]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
No.

 

[James3shin]

hahahhahahah....i wish, but no

 

[quakefiend420]

whoever's voting yes is keeping their mouth shut...

 

[So]

What's with you reashing your own threads?

Do you like corned beef hash as much as you like SPAM?

 

[Randum]

NO
They are already cheap compared to many private schools....and if they were free, everyone would go and it wouldnt be higher learning anymore

 

[SSP]

You'd prolly end up getting a highschool level education anyway.

 

[rgwalt]

It should only be free if you are required to attend. Public schools (K-12) are "free" because they are supported by tax payer dollars, and children are required to attend (to a certain age). Primary and secondary education is a right. Higher education is a priviledge.

R

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: Randum
NO
They are already cheap compared to many private schools....and if they were free, everyone would go and it wouldnt be higher learning anymore

:thumbsup:

 

[MrChad]

Repost of yourself :roll:

 

[EyeMWing]

No, because I'm paying for it now and I'll be damned if 12 year olds like you get a free ride in the future.

 

[Gunslinger08]

If it was free it would:
- Drain the budgets of state governments (education is technically a state affair)
- Degrade the quality of the education
- Dilute current applicant pools, so that it was even harder to find a good job
- Bankrupt McDonald's, because they'd have to pay college graduates more than $7 an hour

 

[cHeeZeFacTory]

tutition cost at your local university is already a pretty hot deal. Why make it free? If you from a low income household, you already get plenty of grants & loans to pay for college. With the job you'll be getting after graduating, the loans can be easily paid off in a year or 2.

 

[Mo0o]

We already had a thread about this

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
We already had a thread about this

yup...from the same person :roll:

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: quakefiend420

Originally posted by: Mo0o
We already had a thread about this

yup...from the same person :roll:

Yeah, i was just about to edit my post.

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=38&threadid=1638296&enterthread=y

:disgust:

 

[Landroval]

Originally posted by: Randum
NO
They are already cheap compared to many private schools....and if they were free, everyone would go and it wouldnt be higher learning anymore

Nowadays it's pretty much expected for many jobs, so it's really not some elite privilege to go to college.