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Why is college tuition in the USA not free?

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Well, let an International Student studying in Belgium (with nearly 0 tuition, even lower than my home country Indonesia) give you the facts what happens in these tuition-low/free countries. read more

In this week’s Democratic presidential debate, Bernie Sanders vowed to make college tuition free at public universities. It’s not such a crazy idea. With student debt at an all-time high, middle class families could use the relief. In several European countries, free public universities are the norm. But it’s terrible economics because it doesn’t offer debt relief to students most in need. Up until 1998, university tuition was free in the United Kingdom. read more

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Here are four more reasons why free college is a bad idea in the US: Not Enough Suitable Jobs. Shocker! Too many young people are going to college today. College is a competition for a few good jobs, unlike fifty years ago when any degree pretty much resulted in middle-class prosperity. read more

First, free college isn’t free, it simply shifts costs from students to taxpayers and caps tuition at zero. That tuition cap limits college spending to whatever the public is willing to invest. But it does not change the cost of college, or what institutions actually spend per student. read more

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