Lame. Cut the defense budget by fifty percent, and cut taxes so that families can afford to educate their children the way they wantThe main thing is to control everyone with force. It's the only way.Don't go Into debt then?
In US stay ignorant, in Europe the state invest in your education to accumulate back their investment in the uplift in taxes and economic spend later.
Also something not said here, education is doesn't export money from the economy and generally recycles money within the economy(unlike a war). The product is asset to society which gives incredible return on investment.
How about you reduce the Military and spend the money on Education....
For example a reduction of 7.5% in defense spending would give free tuition at all public colleges throughout the United States...
Thats a start...
dblack,
No one tells kids what courses they can or can't take as long as they got the entry points. Companies try and encourage students into areas they, IT is big ask at the moment. But the general view is to go to something you actually like doing. Medicine, Veterinary and Actuary usually are top points but if don't like it you are probably going to be bad at it.
Civil Engineering 10 years ago was very hot but now is dead. Property Bust!
Engineering is usually filled with guys and Nursing with girls(Mixed gender workplaces usually work best). No matter how many times organisations ask for them to be mixed. It is down to the simple choices of the individuals involved.
I have a friend back in school who the points to do anything (rare <1%). He did archaeology (low points) but today is a lecture in a top UK university. His choice, but his course cost the same amount as Medicine, which was free at the time.
I just don't see the point of funneling all this money through the state. Other than to give government control over how we educate our kids.