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Free Tuition for Math, Science, and Engineering?

Posted by Zonk on from the sign-me-up dept.

Gibbs-Duhem writes "Montana Democratic Senator Max Baucus wants free college tuition for US math, science, and engineering majors conditional upon working or teaching in the field for at least four years. From the article: 'The goal, he said in an interview last week, is to better prepare children for school and get more of them into college to make the United States more globally competitive, particularly with countries like China and India. "I think the challenge is fierce, and I think we have a real obligation to go the extra mile and redo things a bit differently, so we leave this place in better shape than we found it," Baucus said.' Do you think this would help with the US's lackluster performance in these fields?"

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  1. But have they considered by wamerocity · · Score: 5, Funny

    the benefit to society if that extended that to people get business degrees and law degrees? I don't think our country has a large enough per-capita rate of lawyers or salesman, so we could really benefit by offering them free tuition too. Oh and also history majors, because that is a useful major too. :D

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  2. Re:Montana? by evil_aar0n · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't see where it says it's limited to residents of Montana. I like Montana - the western portion of it, anyway - but I know what you mean. I don't know why we couldn't have let the Indians keep it. Every time I've driven through it, it seems like we're not using it.

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  3. Clever by markov_chain · · Score: 2, Funny

    It said 4 years of mandatory teaching or working in the field.
    Clever! So you won't get disguised liberal arts majors getting a free education and then going to work at McDonalds.
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  4. Re:I think it's good by megaditto · · Score: 5, Funny

    The degree of uselessness of a degree is relative.

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  5. Re:I think it's good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Generally, or is this case special?

  6. What a great idea! by ColorOfGreen · · Score: 2, Funny

    Start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_system/

  7. Re:No, it won't help by dr_dank · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sometimes I just want to whip my cock out and fuck every one of those bitches until they don't have anything to complain about.

    Dad?

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  8. Re:I think it's good by metlin · · Score: 3, Funny

    Considering how massive the average Slashdotter is likely to be, I'd say General. :)

  9. Re:I think it's good by marcosdumay · · Score: 3, Funny

    Unless they invent a revolutionary way to flip burgers...

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