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Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
Still, I would maintain that this does not devalue a university degree. Education is a right. and people are better off for having a gone to university even if it is not as prestigious as it once was. If you really wanted to combat the business model of universities you would make university education free, or funding not based on attendance so that professors can flunk bad students at higher rates and not have to worry about their livelyhood.
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How much education do you think is a basic human right? I'm 100% on board with free public school, and my kids attend public school. But where do you draw the line at how much school everyone else pays for?
The student taking the Masters in Women's and Gender Studies wanted free tuition. How long should that last? Putting aside the specific degree, at some point you need to pay for your own life, and I'm not sure the rest of society should fund a Bachelor/masters/PhD/postdoc.
There's already a significant contribution from taxpayers to post secondary - making it free without limiting spots will just devalue it further as those who have no business being there figure there isn't any downside.