This is an argument against free college. Students will take college more seriously when they are paying for it.
If students are not paying any attention in class but still graduating, the grading standards may be too lenient.
True but also obfuscates any issues pedagogical imo. Also, making something unnecessarily hard or obtuse isn't the answer either, paradigmatically sends the opposite message to a wise notion of both building our information management under keeping close to KISS mantra(appropiately when needed) too. Also, people going to college now pay for it down the line anyway, via cumulative debt.