In Australia, our previous conservative government set the contribution fees (HECS)for Arts undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at rates much higher than STEM courses. It discourages students and consequently a wide range of Arts courses disappeared. Quite disappointing, but i think it was trying to eliminate those lefties from the system, you know the ones who protest.
In Australia, our previous conservative government set the contribution fees (HECS)for Arts undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at rates much higher than STEM courses. It discourages students and consequently a wide range of Arts courses disappeared. Quite disappointing, but i think it was trying to eliminate those lefties from the system, you know the ones who protest.
Or perhaps it may be (or certainly is) because, in the real world that's likely to yield a better return on the taxpayers' investment. I do admit it's difficult to quantify what the return would be investing in the arts. I believe that, with the exception of state-run schools (and then only with states' tax dollars), the government should have no involvement in funding post-secondary education, and in the US getting the government out of backing school loans, which before Obamacare, were required to be paid, with no option for default. I also think that the colleges and universities should be responsible for providing loans to students. It would inevitably result in a reduction of tuition costs, which are completely out of hand.
Regarding Australia: My wife lived in Melbourne for three years in the late nineteen seventies. Her sons attended Catholic school and wore uniforms. Nothing fancy; very inexpensive. She thought that was a great system. She also talks about your version of Social Security (Superannuation I think it is/was called?) and thought it was also well conceived. I love the great tennis players of the sixties, seventies, and eighties: Laver, Emerson, Rosewall, Court, and Goolagong. I actually got to play with Emerson and Rosewall in a pro-am doubles tournament, and attend a cocktail party with them the following evening. Simply great guys. I hope you can turn things around a bit after the government overreach that occurred for several years as a result of the Wuflu.
In Australia, our previous conservative government set the contribution fees (HECS)for Arts undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at rates much higher than STEM courses. It discourages students and consequently a wide range of Arts courses disappeared. Quite disappointing, but i think it was trying to eliminate those lefties from the system, you know the ones who protest.
Or perhaps it may be (or certainly is) because, in the real world that's likely to yield a better return on the taxpayers' investment. I do admit it's difficult to quantify what the return would be investing in the arts. I believe that, with the exception of state-run schools (and then only with states' tax dollars), the government should have no involvement in funding post-secondary education, and in the US getting the government out of backing school loans, which before Obamacare, were required to be paid, with no option for default. I also think that the colleges and universities should be responsible for providing loans to students. It would inevitably result in a reduction of tuition costs, which are completely out of hand.
Regarding Australia: My wife lived in Melbourne for three years in the late nineteen seventies. Her sons attended Catholic school and wore uniforms. Nothing fancy; very inexpensive. She thought that was a great system. She also talks about your version of Social Security (Superannuation I think it is/was called?) and thought it was also well conceived. I love the great tennis players of the sixties, seventies, and eighties: Laver, Emerson, Rosewall, Court, and Goolagong. I actually got to play with Emerson and Rosewall in a pro-am doubles tournament, and attend a cocktail party with them the following evening. Simply great guys. I hope you can turn things around a bit after the government overreach that occurred for several years as a result of the Wuflu.