What do Denmark, Slovenia, Germany, Sweden, Czech Republic, Norway, and Finland have in common? They all have the policy of free or very little tuition for college. The average debt for U.S students in 2014 was 28,950. With the U.S being the richest country in the world, it poses the question why does America not have free education? The workforce today is not like what it used to be. Students rarely sustain a formidable financial life with solely a high school diploma. College students on average, make $120 less a week than a person with an associates degree. The kids know that college is important as well! A study showed that 96% of people said that post-secondary education was important (Wiener 3). Bottom line is that in order to be
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The difference with the workforce today from 40 years ago is that our economy does not need more labor workers, and factory workers. The economy is clamoring for skilled workers who know how to communicate and think critically through technology. An associate’s degree equips students with skills that companies can hire. All of the money in America is flying to the top 1% because they are outsourcing jobs to people in other countries who have skills that can relate to the specific companies needs. If America can reinvent tuition, more people will attend school, thus equipping them with better skills. In turn, companies should hire these workers and rebuild the middle class by increasing the number of workers that fall in that median income level. In addition to increasing jobs, debt free students will feel free to spend that money into other companies, thus stimulating the economy. The counter argument to this claim is that instead of creating better-skilled workers it would, “Stifle innovation and competition”(Kelly 8). They say that instead of better workers people who would not be fit for college and not ready for college-level material would attend college for the mere social aspect and they, in turn would dilute the graduation rates of college students, thus not making a difference in the workforce. Even though this is a good thought, and would be true if students who weren’t qualified did attend school under this policy, but, the entire point of implementing the 3.0 rule would filter out kids who did not put enough effort in high school and did not train themselves enough for college. As a country, we should not hesitate to help the less fortunate who do not have equal opportunity as the rest, but we should never celebrate mediocrity. A 3.0 in high school is easily attainable through hard work and studying. Now, I am not saying these
The difference with the workforce today from 40 years ago is that our economy does not need more labor workers, and factory workers. The economy is clamoring for skilled workers who know how to communicate and think critically through technology. An associate’s degree equips students with skills that companies can hire. All of the money in America is flying to the top 1% because they are outsourcing jobs to people in other countries who have skills that can relate to the specific companies needs. If America can reinvent tuition, more people will attend school, thus equipping them with better skills. In turn, companies should hire these workers and rebuild the middle class by increasing the number of workers that fall in that median income level. In addition to increasing jobs, debt free students will feel free to spend that money into other companies, thus stimulating the economy. The counter argument to this claim is that instead of creating better-skilled workers it would, “Stifle innovation and competition”(Kelly 8). They say that instead of better workers people who would not be fit for college and not ready for college-level material would attend college for the mere social aspect and they, in turn would dilute the graduation rates of college students, thus not making a difference in the workforce. Even though this is a good thought, and would be true if students who weren’t qualified did attend school under this policy, but, the entire point of implementing the 3.0 rule would filter out kids who did not put enough effort in high school and did not train themselves enough for college. As a country, we should not hesitate to help the less fortunate who do not have equal opportunity as the rest, but we should never celebrate mediocrity. A 3.0 in high school is easily attainable through hard work and studying. Now, I am not saying these