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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]
These are good ideas. I hope they can be implemented.

My point about restrictions is being misunderstood because I didn't explain it well. Because we have a robust system of private colleges and universities for which, as far as I know, nobody is proposing to provide free tuition, the universe of college and university seats is not limited to those that would be government funded. If the government-funded slots were restricted, there would still be opportunities at private institutions. Moreover, as we see in the case of private K-12 schools, many students might not even consider the state schools regardless of price differences because they prefer the opportunities provided by private schools. As such, the need for restrictions in the US might not compare to the situation in other countries.

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Cool, thanks for the additional thoughts. I would generally shy away from regulation that impact/restrict individuals, and favor far more regulations that impact/restrict institutions. I think governments picking who can and who can't attend college/university using some test is tyranny. Let me illustrate this also with the example of student loans. In the 90s and throughout the 2000s the US government made it a policy to make it easier for students to obtain loans. This greatly increased the money supply in the education sector and universities both public and private were all too agreeable to accept it. It's a vicious cycle: universities are costly so students get loans, the loans allow the universities to charge an even higher price next year, which in turn increases the need for loans. This is why we have so many students graduate with such substantial student loans. Many opponents of this phenomenon places the blame on the student loans themselves, saying that the government should pick and choose what loans to underwrite based on field of study. I believe the government or any central planning body is piss poor at picking winners and losers. The government should shift their focus on regulation of capital projects spending and treatment of surpluses by the public universities - which they have a right to regulate since they are public funded at least in part. If the public universities return once more to being an affordable source of high quality education, they will in turn place pricing pressures on the private institutions to draw students with a more affordable tuition. [/quote]

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