Free Tuition for Math, Science, and Engineering?

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?"

Comments

Yes, it would work.

[rkcallaghan]

Look how well it's done with the US Government giving free educations to the Indians and Chinese; imagine if we gave it to Americans!

~Rebecca

Re:Yes, it would work.

[rkcallaghan]

Before all you mods rush to mod this guy up, and mod me as a troll; take a look at his email address. (.uy)

Let's let Americans decide if it's a good idea for Americans to pay for American Education, or Foreign Education.

Cheers,
~Rebecca

Re:This won't happen.

[Nephilium]

So then...

You'll be paying for the classes for the people?

Oh... wait... you want to use everyone else's money to do it...

If you think it's a good idea, get together with friends and fellow travelers to put together grant programs, and get your hand out of my gods damned pockets!

Nephilium

Re:I think it's good

[JrOldPhart]

In other words, teaching is not something anyone can do. Most of the PhD's I have known are good at going to school and rote memorization. Teaching is not one of their strengths. In fact, quite often, working is not either.