10-10-2014, 07:12 PM
I can't help but bring this question to the table: is there any possibility that "free college" would devalue the college degree both to the degree pursuer and/or the employer? The reason I ask is because we have many examples of people pushing harder for that which has a price and doesn't come easy. In other words, some times cost incentivizes (my own made-up word?) motivation. But also, if degrees are dime a dozen because of low, or no, cost, what kind of effect could that have on employers' hiring mentalities?
Furthermore, let's just say that free college education devalued degree's worth, would it be necessary for academia to become "harder" or more rigorous in order to add back the value to the perceived value of a college degree??
Furthermore, let's just say that free college education devalued degree's worth, would it be necessary for academia to become "harder" or more rigorous in order to add back the value to the perceived value of a college degree??
"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." Galileo Galilei
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