This of course, will fail for a few reasons. One is that, the government is not in control of community colleges. Free tuition is nothing more than a block grant to state and local governments to hire teachers. Government unions love this.
Second, teachers who are so happy with this now, will not be when they see their classes filled with people who don’t care and don’t show up after the first class.
And the reason its so stupid in the first place, is that Khan Academy and others are already providing high quality college courses for free or very little money.
Colleges are not worth the money. The one thing that colleges provide, is a 4 year hiatus from growing up. And an admissions IQ test that verifies that you are not stupid. Zuckerberg, Gates, and Jobs all got into great schools but, left them because they did not need to learn anything the schools could teach. The real world teaches everything better.
Do you want to be first to volunteer to see a doctor or even take your sick kitten to a veterinarian taught on the, er, “real life” principle?
Or drive in a car or cross a bridge or ride in an elevator designed by an engineer taught on the, er, “real life” principle?
Much debate swirls around the merit of liberal arts programs, but this is not what is being discussed here.