Comment by ascorbic
10 months ago
Most people don't go to college to learn for the sake of learning – that would be a very expensive luxury. They go for the opportunities that it opens up. The learning itself helps with that, but so does being able to prove that they've learned it. That what the diploma is meant to be for.
That's a US-centric view. A huge number of people in the world have access to high level education free of charge.
Opportunity cost is cost.
I'm not American. I said most people, and most people in the world don't have free university education.