[Richard Kimball]

I'm glad I'm almost at the end of teaching in college. Last year, my college lost a lot of financial aid money for students, and my classes were smaller, but the students were a lot better.

If they push through where students get to attend college without paying, classes will become a total joke.

A lot of the "culture classes" in college are designed for students that have no business in a college and can't handle a legit workload of STEM or workforce classes. Making it free for students would triple down on the number of classes discussing the true meaning of Luke and Leia's kiss in a male dominated society.

[kearnyirish2]

You’re right; many degrees are set up to keep unqualified students in for the whole four years. When I was in college twenty plus years ago those “students” rarely lasted past the first year. I suspect the government wants certain “preferred minorities” in college just so they defer parenthood a few years - and it seems to work to some extent.

Those basket weaving degrees will allow them to take jobs that require degrees, though: cops (in some areas), military officers, teachers...