Bell Pasco: Public education has been declining steadily in this country for decades. The more the government spends, the dumber we get. No, I don't think university education should be free.
Brock Anwar: Higher education shouldn't be free. But neither should it put you in debt for the next 20 years. And it should also be cost-effective with the career field you're going into. Paying 100 grand to be a surveyor is a bad deal for example.
Hilma Pestano: No.Where is that money going to come from? China? Higher Taxes?
Kandi Lough: It's unrealistic to offer things for "free" anymore.In Europe, it's nearly so, but they only accept the best of the best, and they make no excuses for the racial composition of that group.Then you know you're not wasting money on people not likely to make any use of their education.
Irvin Guiles: Yes we did have free university education (the first two years of my degree were free before HECS started) but the difference was! it was much harder to get in. You really needed to be the top 10 or so students in your school to get into university. TER of 94+ were needed for any degree in a university. Colleges were around at that time (like UWS was not a university then, but a college) which allowed lower scores to get in but those degrees were not university degree but colleges of advanced education.As an educator - bring back free education, just to remove those students at university who should not be there....Show more
Emilie Santmyer: Nope. If everyone has a degree, the amount of opportunities doesn't change for anyone. It also makes the degree worthless, a free education also means they make sure everyone can graduate.
Jeff Frizzell: not really. i think that would encourage more people to go to college (ie. people who just want to try it out.)there should be an economic penalty for going to college, that can be easily overcome if one actually completes school, and get a better p! aying job...but discouraging the 'free college, why not?' crow! dand i do not think it should be the complete burden (public uni's still receive most of their money from the govt.) of individual taxpayers to pay for someone else's schooling....Show more
Delmy Varano: Anything that is not earned has no value. Opportunities are not provided by education they are enhanced by it. Don't worry, some day you will grow up, maybe get a job, realize that there are other people in this world who don't really give a crap about you and your lack of motivation."Free university education". - Ha ha! Perhaps you should join the real world.
Emilie Santmyer: No. School up to High School is free, but the quality of the education is poor. Teachers earn too much and do too little. Private educational institutions turn out far more accomplished students. Free college will simply expand the teachers union. Teachers are paid for by tax dollars and too many of the union teachers are incompetent. Despite their incompetence and due to tenor, A! majority of these incompetent teachers can not be fired....Show more
Verdie Wollen: If it were free, people would be perennial students and never go to work and contribute to society.
Karie Mavle: I'm kind of mixed on this issue.Part of me thinks it would create more valuable members of society and another part of me thinks that the value of a degree would go down.But it'd be nice to go to college for free.Edit: Mr. Moonpants is completely right....Show more
Janean Guz: Sure and that means professors should teach for free too.
Stanton Degregorio: If it were free it would have no more value than a high school diploma and many youngsters would take classes less seriously than they already do. It would turn a degree into a joke.
Pearlie Medora: Get a loan from Obama and default on it. Presto, your education is free.
Joie Kemmis: No. Nothing is free. Someone will have to pay.
Salvatore Walls: Yes, I do.It's a good investment. People w! ith higher education are much less likely to commit violent crimes like! rape, murder, theft and assault. These crimes are mostly perpetrated by uneducated persons in lower socio-economic classes. Also, people with higher education are MUCH less likely to go on welfare.The money we would eventually save from reduced welfare and court/incarceration costs would help pay for this. Also, I think we could stand to cut back on the politician's official travel allowances. You know they travel first class and get to use the VIP Qantas rooms on our dime?...Show more
Olen Penhallurick: Hmm, good question. It would open up more opportunities for poor families, but lower the quality of education.I say possibly yes, but only if the people who wish to go pass a straightforward standardized test that proves they are capable of going and passing.
Fred Caminita: the Education sector is a huge source of Income not only for government, but the money that is paid gives us quality education in return. Clearly, Universities wouldn't be able to make big I! nvestments in Technology nor would they be able to have smart people teaching future generations. If you like to be taxed to death, then go ahead and vote for such non-sense. Don't forget that the poor also belong to the Taxpayer. It will only make the poor even more poor since they will then be taxed to death.Our aim is to produce the smartest graduates that will lead our country which can only be achieved by investing into technology. Small classes are essential so everyone in the class can reach their full potential. Score:Capitalism = 1Socialism = 0...Show more
Tyler Burkman: There really is no such thing as free. Taxpayers would just pay the bills instead of students. I would not be opposed to a system that encouraged more people to get an education.
Sena Highman: education is not free, but a better investment for our public money is providing education for all who want it
Alisia Sutphen: Only an Australian would talk about a service being fr! ee and for some unknown reason try and compare it to the U S
Mike! l Bethay: We all pay property taxes so public education is anything but free. My taxes go up all the time while schools get worse and worse. I would NOT want to pay MORE taxes for college for everybody when only a select few actually go to college.
Jed Porada: Yeah right "Free" education. The government has done such a wonderful job of handling that huh? The government runs everything inefficiently. That's why private school children and home school children have much higher grades than public school.Once the government is in control (ie. subsidies), there is no incentive for competition. When schools and universities have to compete with one another the quality of education goes up. Just like anything else.Every year the government wants more money for "education", yet the results get worse every year.I paid my way through school by working three jobs. I had a running scholarship, from working my butt off at it in high school as well. It was really hard but I did it ! and now I'm a Civil Engineer.If I can do it anyone can....Show more
Jannette Kotz: People tend to value the things that they have to work and pay for.
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