Recently, Donald Trump announced free online college for bachelor's degree: American Academy
https://greatawakening.win/p/17rTBLuWNp/trump-announces-free-online-coll/
Such a proposal was immediately hit with much opposition, especially from the right. I think he might be on the right path however. In recent years especially, a college degree has become almost entirely meaningless. If you consider that DEI ensures that the least qualified are often those that get a college degree, you realize how pointless the entire system is.
Yet, this is become the caste system of the day world.
Do you remember when Elon musk started to allow anyone to have blue check marks next to their names? The elites went crazy. The blue check mark was a symbol of importance to them, and suddenly anybody could have one.
Many opponents to the free online degrees fear that it would cost our government more money. Impossible. Some worry that a free online degree would cheapen college degrees. Impossible.
At first hearing about this proposal I was really against it, but now I think it might be a great way to end the current higher education scam system. Your thoughts?
I suggested to fam that are current professors (luckily still based) that an online system where they could educate tens of thousands for a decreased cost to the students would eventually be normalized (similar to how Western Governors University is set up). This was when COVID was going gang busters & elementary/secondary schools were all doing online classes.
They told me administrators would never accept it & they just didn't see a path to make it happen. Though they liked the concept if it could work.
I think the concept of a free online education terrifies the deep state. Young adults would no longer need to be far away from parental influence, or the possibility of "living under my house, my rules" ideology.
Also crazy propoganda based professors will no longer have students forced to take tjier "required" classes.
My biggest beef with higher education is the lack of bankruptcy for the student against them. After Clinton put an end to bankruptcy on student loans, university prices drove up & there was no check in place for bad education.
Now banks had a guaranteed investment that would never have the potential to go away. It was pitched to guarantee everyone could attend college & enslaved every student to much higher debt as a result.
Up through tbe 80s you could easily work all summer & afford most colleges with saved money from the summer job, or working part time. This oftenpaid for housing, books classes & daily needed items according to the boomers I have talked to about how they financed their college. I need to check the prices again, though it seemed like a $2.5k-$5k yearly price point for their college educations (mostly in Utah with these discussions).
I have wondered if some universities participate in money laundering somehow & this free/onlineodel would destroy that?
You make a good point fren,
The University system needs to be deconstructed and rebuilt to favor the student's budget and not the state's.
This will also deal a killing blow to overpaid woke professors and faculty
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I want the government shrunk down to almost nothing, not expanded BUT I do agree with your premise in practice. My personal beliefs have nothing to do with their motives obviously, so I believe you are correct.
It could be done privately for low cost, but nothing is ever free. If the government is involved there will be inefficiency and kickbacks. Keep the government out of it and it has a chance to succeed.
I agree and think that it should be funded by a tax on large corporations where the executive branch is compensated more than 5 times the salary average of the non-executives of that same corporation.
We don't destroy them we replace them. This shuts down a billion dollar fraud called higher education.
Also, every professor should have their dissertations checked for plagiarism that would be a great use for tech.
Good points OP.
I don’t think it should be free: It should be cheap though.
I have signed up for tons of free courses. It’s easy to not finish them/
When you have to pay for them. Now you made an investment that you don’t want to waste.
I aggressively. Why pay for college if you can get a degree free on line in an area that appeals to you. You might be able to work at your own pace, during times you are free, etc. The entire need for so many colleges, the entrance system and the ACT/SAT system would crumble. Either you have the brains and motivation to pursue the degree, or you don’t. It would also eliminate all of the inapplicable courses foist upon you to make you “well rounded.”
I think an online degree program, of which many are already in existence, is not a bad idea, as long as the goal is to truly educate the students, and not just act as a diploma mill.