The Bernies and others who want a “free higher education system” should implement the system in Germany:
1. Shut down 75% to 90% of American colleges
2. End all useless courses - I don’t see any “gender studies” in German universities
3. Close dorms, wasted money on sports teams, millions spent on coaches etc. - you’re there to learn, nothing else
4. Make the entry purely competitive and no sports, quotas etc. - if this means the colleges are then 50% asian and 20% Jewish, so be it.
5. Improve apprenticeships etc - plumber shops across the USA are crying for apprentices for jobs starting at $60K pa
This will end the arms race for degrees. The money saved can be used for so much more
The “nothing else” crowd, as usual, forgets that God has authored a larger life. The dispute is about what that larger life should look like. Schools will not find godly sense till the nation does, but then no philosopher-kings will be needed to order them to behave accordingly.