Vocational Training that leads to jobs makes sense. But if it’s totally free, it will have little value.
Students following the liberal arts at a “free college” will be frustrated, not only for themselves but for the 60% who didn’t learn squat in high school and need remedial courses. Here’s a quote for which I found several sources, “The national rates of remediation are a significant problem. According to college enrollment statistics, many students are underprepared for college-level work. In the United States, research shows that anywhere from 40 percent to 60 percent of first-year college students require remediation in English, math, or both. Remedial classes increase students’ time to degree attainment and decrease their likelihood of completion. While rates vary depending on the source, on-time completion rates of students who take remedial classes are consistently less than 10 percent.”
Yeah, no doubt. Agrees with my observations- things people are given they don’t appreciate. I think the optimal balance would be subsidized classes but with the student still having to have some serious skin in the game. I recall some scholarships that were free, or almost so, contingent upon one passing; probably illegal now because having to pay back money would grievously injure the self-esteem of some snowflake.