Does Higher Education Still Prepare People for Jobs?

Students should be responsible for a part of their tuition, while the government should also subsidized each student entering college. If college fees were cut in half by the government and not by loans that tax students six months after graduating, students would have the opportunity to go back to school and get their masters. According to How the Government Could Control College Costs, “Recent graduates have been unable to command increased salaries to match these rising costs.” This is another example on how subsidized tuition fees could potentially help students, so they wouldn’t have to delay life milestones, such as getting married, starting a family, buying a house, or saving for retirement (“How the Government Could Control College Costs”).

However, if college were free, universities would not have much funding for meal plans, dorms, lab supplies, computers and new libraries. If they still had students contributing towards their tuition bill, universities would not have to grapple with the idea on how to raise money to fund the campus. Without some funding in addition to school’s gout subsidization, would have to completely shut down, offer less classes, drop a lot of majors or don’t take in a lot of students anymore.

Moreover, free college doesn’t impact the job market. For an example, according to Trade-Schools, College and Universities, “In addition, countries like the U.S., Canada, South Korea, and Japan have already proven that free higher education isn't necessary for building some of the world's most educated workforces.” In other words, this is a great point because Japan is a very advanced country, their educated level is better than the United States (Trade-Schools, College and Universities). Thus, if college is completely free, it will devalue the college diploma. Further, having free college would cause a gigantic waitlist and a decline in private universities. If the private universities closed down that means the death of their programs and for public universities, it means a decrease of acceptance students would have to enter the college. The government should have their hand in the situation of students paying fees for college. It would help students enough to make college affordable and not help enough which would drive students into wanting to finish their schooling to reduce debt as quickly as possible. Students should be responsible for a part of their tuition, while the government should also subsidized each student entering college. If college fees were cut in half by the government and not by loans that tax students six months after graduating, students would have the opportunity to go back to school and get their masters. According to How the Government Could Control College Costs, “Recent graduates have been unable to command increased salaries to match these rising costs.” This is another example on how subsidized tuition fees could potentially help students, so they wouldn’t have to delay life milestones, such as getting married, starting a family, buying a house, or saving for retirement (“How the Government Could Control College Costs”). However, if college were free, universities would not have much funding for meal plans, dorms, lab supplies, computers and new libraries. If they still had students contributing towards their tuition bill, universities would not have to grapple with the idea on how to raise money to fund the campus. Without some funding in addition to school’s gout subsidization, would have to completely shut down, offer less classes, drop a lot of majors or don’t take in a lot of students anymore.

Moreover, free college doesn’t impact the job market. For an example, according to Trade-Schools, College and Universities, “In addition, countries like the U.S., Canada, South Korea, and Japan have already proven that free higher education isn't necessary for building some of the world's most educated workforces.” In other words, this is a great point because Japan is a very advanced country, their educated level is better than the United States (Trade-Schools, College and Universities). Thus, if college is completely free, it will devalue the college diploma. Further, having free college would cause a gigantic waitlist and a decline in private universities. If the private universities closed down that means the death of their programs and for public universities, it means a decrease of acceptance students would have to enter the college. The government should have their hand in the situation of students paying fees for college. It would help students enough to make college affordable and not help enough which would drive students into wanting to finish their schooling to reduce debt as quickly as possible.

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