Nice sounding sentiment. Except education isn't right for everyone. Some people are hands on types and are better suited to trades than books, others (let's be honest here folks) are too damn dumb to succeed in college. Don't misunderstand; there are levels of success available to these people too, but not everyone can sit in a classroom and become "whip-crack smart". Seems Mr Rollins would get that if he were as smart as he thinks he is.
That's...not what he's saying? We don't have to FORCE everyone into it, but by having it low- cost or free, people have more opportunity and access to it IF they want it. And if not, we should also subsidize vocational training and career institutes the same way.
I've heard him speak and read his thoughts on many issues over many years; he is a liberal that believes in equal outcome over equal opportunity. And as a rule, liberals (at least the politicians) do not like vocational schools at all, because they have less control over them.
However, assuming he means simply more opportunity for those with the aptitude the reasons college is such a damned burden go far too deep to simply wave a wand and fix the cost.
And for the record, vocational training is government subsidized currently, and is a damned sight cheaper than a liberal arts education.
Free college is an incredibly stupid idea for many reasons. First its not actually free. The money to pay for "free" college comes out of tax payer money. With the current deficit, we would have to increase taxation to pay for this "free" college or else the value of the dollar will decrease. Either way, free college is not free and you will inevitably pay more than you would have. Second, we have the best universities in the world due to its privatization. He may have terrible high schools, but our university grads statitically preform far bettter that a majority of the world. I could continue but its too long. Tl;dr free college is bad.
Or you just get a bunch of kids with useless degrees in Gender Studies, Art History, ect. Maybe if you limit it to STEM fields (Science Technology, Engineering, and Medicine) it might work.
Free how? How are you going to force the administrations and the professors to provide a service free of charge? Unless by free, you simply mean someone else pays for it. Then a college education becomes about as valued as a high school diploma.
However, assuming he means simply more opportunity for those with the aptitude the reasons college is such a damned burden go far too deep to simply wave a wand and fix the cost.
And for the record, vocational training is government subsidized currently, and is a damned sight cheaper than a liberal arts education.