Thanks for raising awareness of this issue. I’m in the SF Bay and keep hearing super-talented and smart kids saying that they don’t plan on going to college because of the costs and wastes. I’m also hearing a lot from students that are thinking of dropping out. IMO, college is a great time to think and debate about a range of bigger issues. It would be a great loss if the problems with student debt (and the related high tuition issue) make the ideas in college more homogenous by making it difficult to certains groups to participate. There’s a group of young people that are looking at the debt and just saying, f*ck it, I’m going to work. These capable minds are exactly the ones we need to get into the university school system and keep them there so they can contribute to the overall learning environment.
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