Here in Argentina, We have since 1821 the University of Buenos Aires, free of charge.
There are many public and free of charge universities across the country.
Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Buenos_Aires
There are many public and free of charge universities across the country.
Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Buenos_Aires
Do you know if Argentina has better equality and social mobility because of this? Or if the economy does better as a result? Are there private universities in Argentina? What percentage of the population go to college? and out of those who do, what percentage goes to public/free universities? How does the quality of education at those schools compare to private schools (if there are any)?
Thank you!
The main problem with public and free higher education is that at least the first two years, there are A LOT of people assisting who will eventually drop out.
And students coming from poorer families are the most vulnerable, and tend to drop out in a much higher percentage, some of the reasons being: - they have to work to help their families. - they have children at a younger age. - lack the money to take the bus or train everyday (no campus to live in). - they lack of a solid high school education. In the end, only the ones who can persist and really have the will to finish their studies will get the diploma. But if they can get it, they will surely have a much better life (economically speaking) than their parents.
UBA has its own problems with budget managing, building decay and internal governability issues. Not to mention that is not only free for Argentinians, but free for anyone, which presents extra strains on its budget.
Im all up for free college education tho, it would change the landscape in the US forever if colleges were non-profit oriented.
1) Decay is tremendous in Medicine: there are pests and cockroaches everywhere. Bathrooms are used very indecently and its not even safe. Girls dont dare go alone to several bathrooms in the building.
2) Under-budgeted: labs are unequipped and classes have an inordinate amount of people for the number of teachers they have.
3) Kafkesque paperwork and Draconian teachers : there are so many people going to medicine in UBA that students get no attention or assistance. The emotional health of med students is disastrous there, people break down a lot.
A few private med schools actually are pretty prestigious and when you study there, you can actually focus on studying medicine and not just surviving an ordeal.