Same with free, public k-12, I presume?
You can't get a decent job in the next few decades if you don't have good education as we see more automation, robotics & what not. So many jobs will open up in robotics, automation, design.If the US doesn't have take advantage now & get a good workforce, it will be difficult to compete with other countries.
On topic - Great move
Yes, great move on behalf of Cuomo if he's wanting to be a front-runner in 2020.
However, increasing access to a college education removes the comparative advantage of having a college degree. In a world where most Americans go to college, the value of that education is inherently lessened.
As it should be.
This is a surprisingly cogent follow-up given that your initial comment came across as brain-dead trolling.
However, most of the worries that you outline here came about long ago:
- College has already been "turned into high school" in the sense that students face lowered academic expectations and frequently spend their first several semesters focusing on remedial coursework.
- Affordable, sustainable, and debt-free tuition would be better than the "free" tuition that the Cuomo plan purportedly offers to qualifying students.
- Drop-out rates at US colleges are shockingly and embarrassingly high, and cost inflation over the past several decades has been disastrous.
Personally, I think that much of our higher education woes stem from the fact that every single facet of our society - government, businesses, parents, and students themselves - have abdicated so much of their responsibility and dumped it all on the education system, both K-12 and post-secondary. Why doesn't the AICPA train their own accountants after their undergraduate degree? Why do airline pilots need university degrees? How do CJ degrees make police better? Why do public-sector HR departments demand degrees to "check the box"? And most importantly - why do politicians and parents alike continue to perpetuate the lie that going to college entitles one to a "good" job?
The entire system is a bloated disaster with the wrong priorities. It needs to be blown up, but not to expand the system, but to reduce it to the size it should be.
For once, a Santander post I'm completely in agreement with.
