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Originally Posted by Hondaracer
if done right i think "free" education could work, although perhaps not in a country such as Canada with the mentality "students" have
Have a bunch of relatives in Finland where education is "free" even for people from abroad. However, the entrance requirements are fucking crazy, as are the exams to even be accepted into post-secondary education that is subsidized by the govt.
a few second relatives i met while there, seemingly very intelligent people, had been studying for over a year simply to write the entry exams. Following up with them, 2/3 went to the Netherlands for school and paid out of pocket because they could not cut the entry requirements to go to school in Finland in the field they wanted.
If STRICT requirements were put in place our post-secondary system would probably be in better shape, although the demographics would probably be pretty similar, it would weed out a lot of students who barely scraped by in HS, get into post-secondary for a BA in some bullshit then whine for the next 15 years about student loans
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It's funny that you mention this as, if anyone took the time to read their platform, they actually reference Finland as one of several countries they would like to emulate in this regard. Also, the term "qualifying students" is used as well as eliminating interest on NEW student loans.
While they don't go into great detail on this topic (only a single page), it seems very much like this isn't the free education for all that some posters here seem to believe it is.