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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