Comment by ciupicri
3 days ago
So if a university has money, learning there should be free?
If you don't have guns, you won't have gun violence, but I guess the second amendment won't be changed any time soon.
3 days ago
So if a university has money, learning there should be free?
If you don't have guns, you won't have gun violence, but I guess the second amendment won't be changed any time soon.
> So if a university has money, learning there should be free?
Not an unreasonable proposition. The purpose of the university is ostensibly to provide an education, not to continue hoarding more and more money.
> purpose of the university is ostensibly to provide an education
One of the purposes. They’re also centres for learning and research and repositories of knowledge.
I disagree. I think teaching is the sole purpose of a university. Research is ancillary to that, and if an organization only did research but didn't teach I would not say they get to call themselves a university any more.
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If they were spending the money on those things, this might be an argument. But they're not spending it; they're hoarding it.
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Also known as education
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For a private school, they can choose how to spend their money. Hoarding it is one option.
For the federal government, they can choose how they allocate grants. Withholding grants from greedy schools is one option.
> Withholding grants from greedy schools is one option
At that point, stop writing grants. Sending money to sub-optimal grantees to effect an education/investment policy is wasteful.