Abolish tuition fees, Liberal Senator says

[jason]

Originally published at Lemmingworks. You can comment here or there.

Abolish tuition fees, Liberal Senator says. Some people think that this would be expensive, or that students will learn more if they struggle. LOL. What silliness. Students have no time or energy to study or learn when they’re slogging on a job. Some students think they have the right to the degree because they’ve paid for it. The ontario government is already paying something like $10k per student at university already. Removing tuition would save millions in admin fees, lost hours spent working instead of studying (which devalues the education), most flexible use of university resources (classes could be held year round and on weekends and evenings if students did not need to work), and without the financial stress students would learn more (stress leads to many problems).

Personally, I think that the quality of education, and the quality of students leaving school would improve a lot. And I’m all for it, regardless of who pays for it… either through taxes or through the scheme that Bob Rae came up with a year or two ago where people got free education, and then there was like a reverse pension where you paid back into the fund as a percentage of your income over however long you worked. No debt, just the opportunity to fund the future.

Comments

Abolish tuition fees

[nwilliam.livejournal.com]

For individuals living below the low income cutoff this would certainly increase the opportunity to be competitive in our market economy. Too often the disconnect is hailed to the almighty dollar. How can one invest in themselves if it comes at such sacrifice. It is the struggling student who is indebted to the compassionate professors who are experienced enough to honor the individual needs of an adult student. Students are not cultivated from the same seed but are perhaps expected to bloom in the same way.

[visualacuity.livejournal.com]

I agree Jason, the amount of students leaving school would change. We can get tons of loans but it's still not enough, and we can't get a good paying job that's secure and career-like until we have our degrees. I say degrees because a B.A is not enough anymore, a Masters is what is required to stand apart from the rest in that pile of resumes. However it's not going to happen in this lifetime!