2006-11-05 08:05:03 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
no it shouldn't
2006-11-05 08:09:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe not completely free, because people don't tend to value the things they get for free, but certainly accessible to anyone who has the desire. After that, let performance determine continuation. Determining who should be admitted is a tough one, because there is a low correlation between SAT scores and college success, and education varies so much from place to place. My experience in college was that those who wanted to succeed did, with the exception of some of the poor students who were with me in my Freshman class who simply didn't have the background, which wasn't their fault, but a fact of circumstance. In the 1960's when I went to college, (UC Berkley)I could earn a year's books and tuition with a summer job. I think that's a reasonable level for costs. Of course, the prestige private or "Ivy League" schools are much about maintaining a social network of the wealthy, and I doubt they'd ever change. The thing, in an ideal world, would be to make public education as good as anywhere else. This would require political will. I do what I can to let my elected officials know that money for education is our future (and I VOTE), but alas I seem to feel like a voice in the wilderness. Still, I'm not giving up. Educational equality for all! (and all ages and backgrounds)
2006-11-05 16:40:36 · answer #2 · answered by gordon B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question reflects a psuedo-intellectual sphormoric mind. I doubt seriously if you are college material if you can't pose a more reasoned logical question than the one above.
Would you really want to provide free university education for Alzhemiers' patients? Or two month old babies? Or perhaps you had in mind the guys who just crossed the Rio Grande and speak not a word of English? Or perhaps you are proposing free University Education for the Kennedy clan or Sam Walton's family? Perhaps you have in mind giving Bill Gates a free University Education?
Get a job Buddy Boy and earn your own way in life for three or four years. Then come on back and revisit this question when you have learned you don't know nearly as much as you think you know.
2006-11-05 16:20:24 · answer #3 · answered by barrettins 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Yep, but we'd have to charge a lot more in taxes to do that. Like countries with free educational systems.
2006-11-05 16:38:51 · answer #4 · answered by eri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely
2006-11-05 16:06:42 · answer #5 · answered by Lore 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe not free;but a hell of alot cheaper then it is. Maybe the PROFESSORS can take one less VACATION a year.
2006-11-05 16:11:40 · answer #6 · answered by FLATTOP 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
above a certain grade point average
2006-11-05 16:06:47 · answer #7 · answered by TJ815 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely but it never will be...WISHFUL HOPING
2006-11-05 16:08:09 · answer #8 · answered by chilover 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing is free. NOTHING.
2006-11-05 16:09:04 · answer #9 · answered by MyPreshus 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think so.
2006-11-05 16:19:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋