Reply #24: I disagree. [View All]

[Donald Ian Rankin]

The primary functions of publicy funded universities should be the creation and disemination of knowledge, not for social engineering. That means subsidising those students who are able enough that their loss would be a loss to the university who can't afford it, but *not* subisidising students to get degrees to help lift them out of poverty.

I think it would be an excellent thing if the *government* were to subsidise students who meet the academic criteria for university admission but can't afford it, but universities should be basing their decisions about how to spend their money mostly on academic grounds, which means subsidising the most able students.