The most important step we need to take in educating everyone is resetting our expectations for what learning looks like. We need to stop arguing about the best way to measure "progress", and crtically examine the extent to which effectively measuring learning outcomes is even possible, much less helpful, and how and why we define "progress" the way we do
Quite simply end the current financing cartel of student loans for all and make it more practical for students that graduate high school to ease their way into college more so. Have more courses available for high school students that show the aptitude and maturity through teacher's recommendations to move to that next level. There is absolutely nothing wrong with working for a semester or two prior to going to college plus it gives many people a base and an outlook for what they really want to do. I have personally thought a program at birth in the United States, something like an endowment, of let's say $10k (today) inside a very conservative financial vehicle that is outward looking at least 15 years down the road could start a "general welfare fund" that is similar to a 401k and/or other things out there currently. Buying nursing home insurance, disability insurance, and other emergency needs for down the road would be likely ridiculously dirt cheap and almost certainly even **less** than what that account would receive on interest over the course of say their first 20 years, and at age 21 having it begin to vest for down payments on future endeavors like say, college loans. Having a locked in amount of time at which the youth works at a credit towards that debt when they reach the age of 14, and have a minimum of say their first 2,000 hours worked would pay this off (with the employee having an option to also pay this down with separate funds earned even more quickly), as the employers to pays them a fixed wage to offset the balance of this interest free loan via the government (or even a higher actual wage the employer feels they are worth) to the employee in cash payments to the employed youth at the time.
Well this is where i think the government should come in,the government itself can create affordable education to its citizens especially those that cannot afford school fees that many private institutions requests for,i believe government can create educational funds that will be used to help its citizens get affordable education,another thing the government can do is that they should build many schools that people can study for free or pay a very less amount compared to what will be paid at other private colleges,i believe when government do things like this it will enable everyone to have access to education whether poor or rich..
Education is not an expenditure it is an investment in the future that serves to make every individual more productive and able to make a greater contribution to the economy. Education must be free for the individual to compete for the seats available at no financial expense.
The student's responsibility is to do well in their studies and prepare themselves to be qualified to do the jobs that are essential for the economic development of a country. The productivity of a highly qualified and hardworking individual and their contribution in taxes and service more than repay the expenditure for their education many times over in the course of a lifetime.
This is how we can bring affordable education to all. We should improve our educational infrastructure and produce more innovative education for all class of people.
As I live in a country where education is free (including colleges/universities) I can't answer this question. I only paid administration fees etc, perhaps 500€ a year.
In the U.S., the price of a college education is absolutely rising: the cost of a four-year degree from a private college has more than doubled in thirty years, and the cost of a degree from a public college has tripled. Source: https://trends.collegeboard.org/sites/default/files/2017-trends-in-college-pricing_0.pdf
The most important step we need to take in educating everyone is resetting our expectations for what learning looks like. We need to stop arguing about the best way to measure "progress", and crtically examine the extent to which effectively measuring learning outcomes is even possible, much less helpful, and how and why we define "progress" the way we do
Quite simply end the current financing cartel of student loans for all and make it more practical for students that graduate high school to ease their way into college more so. Have more courses available for high school students that show the aptitude and maturity through teacher's recommendations to move to that next level. There is absolutely nothing wrong with working for a semester or two prior to going to college plus it gives many people a base and an outlook for what they really want to do. I have personally thought a program at birth in the United States, something like an endowment, of let's say $10k (today) inside a very conservative financial vehicle that is outward looking at least 15 years down the road could start a "general welfare fund" that is similar to a 401k and/or other things out there currently. Buying nursing home insurance, disability insurance, and other emergency needs for down the road would be likely ridiculously dirt cheap and almost certainly even **less** than what that account would receive on interest over the course of say their first 20 years, and at age 21 having it begin to vest for down payments on future endeavors like say, college loans. Having a locked in amount of time at which the youth works at a credit towards that debt when they reach the age of 14, and have a minimum of say their first 2,000 hours worked would pay this off (with the employee having an option to also pay this down with separate funds earned even more quickly), as the employers to pays them a fixed wage to offset the balance of this interest free loan via the government (or even a higher actual wage the employer feels they are worth) to the employee in cash payments to the employed youth at the time.
Well this is where i think the government should come in,the government itself can create affordable education to its citizens especially those that cannot afford school fees that many private institutions requests for,i believe government can create educational funds that will be used to help its citizens get affordable education,another thing the government can do is that they should build many schools that people can study for free or pay a very less amount compared to what will be paid at other private colleges,i believe when government do things like this it will enable everyone to have access to education whether poor or rich..
Education is not an expenditure it is an investment in the future that serves to make every individual more productive and able to make a greater contribution to the economy. Education must be free for the individual to compete for the seats available at no financial expense.
The student's responsibility is to do well in their studies and prepare themselves to be qualified to do the jobs that are essential for the economic development of a country. The productivity of a highly qualified and hardworking individual and their contribution in taxes and service more than repay the expenditure for their education many times over in the course of a lifetime.
This is how we can bring affordable education to all. We should improve our educational infrastructure and produce more innovative education for all class of people.
As I live in a country where education is free (including colleges/universities) I can't answer this question. I only paid administration fees etc, perhaps 500€ a year.