Hello Bill,

 LL>>>> "Free college for everyone is a bad idea. But it is not
 LL>>>> exactly the type of thing that would make him similar to
 LL>>>> Stalin and Castro."

 SW>> Yes Free College is a bad idea. Who get's employer preference? Free
 SW>> college students or paid? We need to lower student debt not give out
 SW>> more handouts. Let's just let the students stay home and just send them
 SW>> the degree they want. I have a hard time understanding what motivates
 SW>> young people these days. I never got a damn thing when I was young. I
 SW>> had to earn everything! That's my 2 cents anyway. ;-)

 BM> Free tuition is not a new thing.  From 1971 to 1974 I recieved free
tuition
 BM> from CCNY and it certainly wasn't a community college.  Regarding your
 BM> employer prefernce, why not let merit determine that factor.  Whether free
 BM> or paid, the level of education is still required to attend and succeed.
 BM> So, to me at least, if a student receives free education and graduates
with
 BM> a 4.0 where a student who pays, taking the same courses, gets a 2.4, which
 BM> one would you
 BM> choose?

An employer would choose to hire an employee who graduated from an
accredited school rather than from a school that was not accredited.

The issue is not really whether the student had paid for his/her
tuition or somebody else (taxpayers) had paid for his/her tuition.
The issue for the employer is whether the potential employee is
qualified or not qualified to do the job.

 BM> I understand the motivation issue as well.  Success is not guaranteed and
 BM> that should be stressed, but the path to success should be and let
 BM> the student prove him/herself.

A graduate of an accredited institution of higher learning has
already proven himself/herself, regardless of who had paid the
cost of his/her tuition.  As such, the matter of who paid the
tuition should not be a factor, or an issue of concern, of the
employer.

All employees have to constantly prove themselves to their
employers, throughout their careers, regardless of their education.
That much should be obvious.

--Lee

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