How would your perspective on college change if tuition were free, and how might that impact society?

if tuition were to be free in collage the literacy rates would spike tremendously creating a well educated society.

I think it would make our labor force more productive, competitive, educated, and happy.

My perspective on college would change to see it as more worthwhile and less elitist. It would allow everyone a better chance to thrive, rather than just the rich.

I would not want tax payer's money going to people's tuition that they do not know

That more people would want to go/ would have the option to go.

If collage was free I would go but a lot of student would skip class if it was free

Free college should only be given to people who cannot afford it.

It would make it much more appealing and more people would go to college.

It would be a public good, but I know it won't significantly effect me because of my demographic's tendency to get good scholarships.

My perspective on college tuition wouldn't really change much since it would make it more appealing to go to college.

I would be even more skeptical of the value of the college education

Free college would dilute the workplace, making jobs of craft more valuable.

Free college means more people go, which makes your degree useless. Just how a high school diploma went from a decent qualification to required for many minimum wage jobs.

If college were free I believe more people would go and the economy would improve

I already want to go to college but if I were to have I free it would encourage me to want to go more and make sure I get into a collage that fits me and my liking

It would still be the same becuase they dont care about the student they just want their money.

If college were free we would have more overall educated people. More education means better society.

More educated members of society created more job opportunities at a larger scale

National Debt would go insane. Taxes will be raised through the roof

It would be negative. Its not fair to those who have paid previously and it would drive inflation.

Free tuitions would create more oppurtunities for education in our society.

More people would go to college and get better jobs to live better.

It would be harder to pay professors and I think that there would be a drop in the amount of educators.

More people would be able to afford college which can be a good thing and a bad thing

I don't think I will go to college due to the fact that I am not willing/able to pay such a high amount and also due to my own education beliefs

I feel like college tuition should be free. By not doing so, we limit education spread across America and only allow opportunities to the wealthy, who are primarily white and male. Less education means less power spread, and leads to an imbalance throughout history.

The cost of tuition currently is horrendous and predatory loans have had a horrible affect on me and many others who were almost forced into making the decision to go to college and take out 10s of thousands of dollars in loans with no real knowledge of how the system even works, and how hard it will be to pay back later. Many jobs don't even pay enough to pay off the degrees that require them. I think making college tuition free or significantly cheaper would drastically help the younger generations get their foot in the door, buy houses, be able to afford rent, groceries etc, and boost the economy in the process.

You don't have a god given right to a university education.

If tuition was free, it would be generally better for the student, but the colleges would get less money. To compensate, more tax dollars should go to college funds.

more people would attend college if tuition was free, more people would go for high jobs and pay increasing the economy ad decreasing peoples debt.

It might be popular for the iniversity Debt Accountabilty

I would try to go to the best college possible rather than one that's good enough and affordable

I'd be happy since I have 3 college age kids, but I think society would be more unhappy

That would ensure success to families with no money at all, and more people would be able to attend colleges.

I would definitely go to the one i want (its out of the state i live in)

More people would go and it's help the economy by giving us higher a qualified workforce

If college would become free than student loan debt should be forgiven to those who already paid for same education. I also feel that only those that academically are prepared for college should be admitted.

I think that free college is too controversial, and I don't think that it will benefit the economy. There are more important things to focus on.

I think there needs to be regulations on college being free. Students should need to maintain a certain GPA and be actively working towards a degree.

I think having tuition be free would be amazing but there are a lot of different factors that also have to be considered. Will student loans be forgiven? How will colleges be able to afford paying their staff? Will taxes increase?

More people can afford to go to college and make society a better place

People might take school less seriously as far as education and more like a period of personal growth socially, but that's also important while growing up, so I'm okay with it. Hopefully they come out a better and smarter person with a degree. I'd love if college were a lot cheaper and maybe even free. The loans we have today are too expensive because they know we're getting federal loans which they're grabbing at greedily like free cash. Like the renewal fund from the 2022 Batman movie.

It would make me want to attend college more because I would not have to worry about paying off my debts for a long time after college. This would impact society in a good way because more people will go to college.

If college were free then way more people would go. But the government would have to fund it and it would be expensive.

People could have degrees or majors more easily which can give opportunity to have a job

I had to pay my on Tuition so should everyone pay there on debt for college. And the Government should not be paying for tuition. Colleges are charging way to much for Tuition.

It could be life changing. It would set students on a path where they could truly focus on the content of their work without the weight of a big cost. There are other ways to motivate and create incentive for student success other than a high charge and cost for education. There’s often the mindset where a student tries in school because they know they’re making the payments and they don't want it to go to waste. However, the motivation of accomplishment and perseverance alone and to have a sense of purpose and achievement in this world is meaningful enough to go through the hard work and experience of higher education. A large cost can set a student off on a challenging start and could create a cycle that is tough to break. Such a large cost can be detrimental to a young adult and their beginning steps into the world.

If colleges were free it would decrease the value of having a degree in the work force. I think it also shouldn't be 100% free because people would not try as hard if they aren't paying for it. College should be a great deal cheaper like a lot cheaper, because people deserve equal opportunities to become educated, and colleges already make enormous amounts of money as is.

It will let Alot of people go to college and bring out a chance for everyone.

um I would tell my mom that we don't have to pay for college and be happy

I would see it less as a cash grab and more for helping the population

I think I would be more willing to go to college if it were free. It would allow more people to be able to go to college and study for their own jobs without having to worry about costs.

I feel like taxes would increase if they were funded by the government, and I would still plan on going to college.

Allow state programs like lotteries fund college to improve job opportunities and lesson crippling debt from school loans.

I would already be there, we would have a huge increase in curious and intelligent americans.

I would be more inclined to go to college instead of trades school

it would be easier to get into college and more people would be able to afford it

Allowing higher education to be free or extremely reduced would probably increase the strength of the economy because more people will be getting better, higher ranked, more important jobs that are more stable, allowing more structure in America.

Lots of kids cant afford tuition to go to the college they wanna attend and some don't get scholarships either therefore if it was free it would help lots of people and students out.

I feel that if tuition were free then a lot of people who otherwise wouldn't get there talents known or put to use the way they should be would get not only the education they need but also move up in the world.

If everyone is more informed and educated that is a good thing

I believe that free paid for college tuition would cause the job titles that people go to school for would go down because there would be so many people going to school for the same job and there would never be a shortage.

I would be in agreement for free college. I believe it would open up the workforce to many people who otherwise could not afford to learn.

More available college education would make the public more able to vote in their own best interests, to the benefit of the majority

IT SHOULD NOT BE FREE AND THEIR SHOULD BE SOME TYPE OF MONITORING OF OVER PRICED SALARIES

I'd be a lot more eager to go to college, and I think a lot of other people would be too.

More people would have the opportunity to go to college

It would make no point to college. You pay for that allows you to get the higher paying job. Dont major in something stupid that doesnt pay a good salary and you are fine

I think that people should be able to afford college in the same way as anybody else.

If College were free, that would allow many more people to pursue a higher education, while lifting the burden on people that may have had years of debt. However I think there should still be qualifications on how you get into a college, because if anyone can get into a college it might not be the best for everyone.

I think it would lead to a much more equitable and educated society.

I think there would be a positive impact and people would actually want to learn and go to school.

I would actually want to go since my main reason I don't like colloge is the money.

it would make people smarter and we will start moving again.

More people would go to college if it were free which would bring in increase in all fields of work

It would probably make other prices go up that we dont want to so the society wouldn't like that any. It would cause a negative impact on society.

People would stop thinking about college as something you get into but as something you have to do as a chore.

It would make a lot of students richer and not be in debt so society will be much better.

People who do not need to pay for college can benefit from going to a high education for a price they can afford.

Then many more people would go and try to get an education, people would not waste any time.

It might increase the amount of intelligent people in a college instead of wealthy people.

I think it would encourage teenagers to go for their dream school as apposed to choosing a school they can afford

I think it would make more people want to go to college

More oportunity, but i think it would hurt us in the long run.

I think that if collage tuition was free, there would be more education and more people would be making money sot he economy would flourish.

Nothing is free. It will be paid by the tax payers.

Society will have a higher education being allowing more people to go to college and have a higher chance in success in life

Id apply to so many schools especially the good ones knowing that i could go there without having to worry about how much i will have to pay and I could choose a school with better education

It should be free if we as students are the future of some peoples lives it should be stress free some people drop out of collage because of stress of having to pay for the education they need I feel its a judge uptake to expect kids who have been in school for 12 years to pay 40k per year for r years to have a dream job .

If tuition were free, I feel like people would take school for granted, and that the requirements for a job would drastically increase.