I completely disagree. There are lots of capable students whose parents do not have the financial ability to pay for college. An educated work force is a benefit to society.


>I don't think that government should substitute parents. It already does too much.
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>>It is quite often that students will not get financial aid because their parents do not fall into the category of needing it. Now whether or not those parents can pay for college or are even willing to (some parents believe the students are solely responsible and it is good for them) is another story. I cannot tell you the number of students in college who were scrambling to pay for college a class at a time because their parents wouldn't or couldn't help out and yet the govenment said they should be financially able to.
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>>>>>>So roughly half as long as American doctors. I guess the follow-up is also how that's paid for. Here, college and medical school are at the student's expense, with costs varying depending on whether it's a public or private school. Residency pays, but my understanding is that the pay is poor, so it isn't until a doctor gets into practice that he or she can really begin paying the debt accumulated during training. (I found one source that said in 2004, average debt for new doctors was between $100,000 and $150,000.)
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>>>>>If both college and medical school are entirely on student's expense then total cost could be more than $250,000 for good institutions.
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>>>>Yep, but you rarely get loans for the total amount. In fact, that should never happen, since anybody who needs financial aid for the full tuition should be getting at least some of it as grants.
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>>>What if someone (i.e. parents) is not qualified for financial aid? It may happen that not all sum goes to debt (loans), but it will be paid anyway.