Here's the argument: "Over the last several decades, paying for college has shifted ever more from a public responsibility to an individual one." As a result, "Most students can't afford to earn a degree without taking on debt. That debt is a heavy burden for many of those who complete a degree; it's even worse for those who don't." Tuition debt creates a huge drag on people's lives (including my own, when I owed it) More, the shift in responsibility to individuals belies the mportance of education to society as a whole. If governments and business want an educated workforce, then they should be prepared to pay for it. This article is U.S. based and mostly focused on their system (and so emphasizes scholarships and grants) but my own view is that education simply ought to be free for all, paid for through government resources, which are provided by a proper corporate taxation system.
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