Monday, February 16, 2009

Should Higher Education Be Free?

As Jeffrey Williams points out in his essay "History as a Challenge to the Idea of the University," one of the consequences of the rise of the corporate university is the rapidly increasing cost of tuition and fees. Many activists and scholars who write about the university have argued that tuition at public institutions of higher education should be free (or nominal):

Adolph Reed, Jr., and Sharon Szymanski, "Free Higher Education"

Free Higher Ed: A Campaign for Free Tuition at all Public Colleges and Universities

What are your thoughts?

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