Originally Posted by indigo
Originally Posted by philly103
Originally Posted by indigo
It is my understanding, and I could be wrong, that when only public schools/universities were taxpayer funded, some segments of the population raised the issue of affordability (lack of access) at private institutions... leading to taxpayer funding for various private institutions.

That would be new information to me (so if you have a link, I'd appreciate it)
Unfortunately, no link, therefore I offered that I could be wrong in my recollection.

Originally Posted by philly03
the needs of those it's "educating"
By needs, do you mean for the students to be workforce ready?

No, I think that's too narrow a definition of the value of education.

But we've all read enough to know that for many students graduating from American high schools they are not workforce ready...nor are they college ready...nor are they adequately prepared for a variety of life skills, such as basic financial literacy.

So whether they're looking for job, headed to college or simply going to just "live", they're not adequately prepared across the board.

Workforce readiness takes on more significance at the college level since part of the assumptions that many college bound kids make is that their educations will prepare them to step into jobs that pay back the cost of that education.