My parents opened a small savings account for me when I was born. It’s a great idea —and the kid can learn to save as s/he grows up too - but it’s still a parental not state responsibility imho
Prepare your child BEFORE college, letting them all their lives who and what to expect when they get there.
Both of my kids waited a few years before going back to school. They worked in the real world, can smell leftist bullsh*t a mile away and have ZERO tolerance for it.
Both of them perfected the “Nod and Grin” technique for getting through the PC crap courses they needed to graduate. So in the end, they got what they needed and gave the leftists a giant middle finger.
IOW, get YOUR links and values in place in your kids, make them unbreakable BEFORE they walk through those doors, make them thoroughly AMERICAN ahead of time, and prepare them.
And in this day and age, Trade/Technical schools are probably a better bet. Actual, REAL work - electrical, plumbing, carpentry, auto/truck repair, masonry and stone work - are a better bet. They will ALWAYS have good paying jobs, usable skillsets, and will avoid the communist bullsh*t from the colleges.
I had two trade schools under my belt before I went back to night school (company paid), and I’ve never been unemployed.