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I'd support it on one condition: That the public Universities would be required to submit to a simple level playing field of standards. Make public Universities comparable in skills, comparable in quality of curriculum, and make sure they pass an operations expense inspection. You can't have Universities using inefficient technology or resources, wasting money away, and operating in an old fashioned rich-bitch manner. By modifying the system you can make it ultra-efficient, low-cost, and high quality education that's not really that expensive to the tax payer. Have students manning the cafeterias, custodial work, library pages, front desk receptionist jobs, landscaping/lawn care, decorating for holidays, loading/unloading supplies for the campus, etc. Remember - schools, universities, and colleges are places of learning and education. Not places of business. When they become business, this "competitive gain" the media and politicians preach about doesn't happen. What happens is one school dominates the area, so it gets the new campus, faster computers, and shinier resources so the school shines, the cost of enrollment raises, and suddenly you have a school full of elites that don't have the responsibility of paying their own way through college. Also bear in mind, America is becoming one of the dumbest nations in the world, with decreasing ratios of skilled to unskilled workers, decaying educational standards and qualifications, and we are graduating less leading scientists in the world. I was reading a while back, it's been over 50 years since an American scientist from an American University has done anything worthy of world recognition. Make it free, but make sure you trim the fat. Lean freebies only!

Karilym Karilym June 23, 2009 06:21:30
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