College has simply become a form of further indoctrination into specific lines of thinking. It is rare to see "higher education" that truly embraces one exploring and learning any path other than the "at the moment politically correct" views supported and pushed forth by manipulating political parties/agendas. Should people have a plan past high school...sure, but who is the government in any form to say what that path is. I went to college because I won a scholarship. My actual degree has never really been used. Truthfully, I would have done better going to vocational school and becoming a mechanic as I truly loved cars and working on them. But at 16-17, I didn't know that. I should have taken a year away from education, worked anywhere and explored what I truly had a passion for and tried to make that my career.
What I did learn in my college years had very little to do with the classroom and more to do with expanding my friends and experiences outside my limited comfort area....most of those experiences would now be denied. In fact a few of the life changing speakers I heard would not even be allowed on campus. Learning meant hearing things that I disagreed with...or didn't know about but realized during the course of the speech were harmful to those I care about. If I were in college in today's world, I would be in constant conflict. When I started college, I came with my very small town, limited cultural background. I said and did things that made others uncomfortable and in a lot of cases probably hurt them. But, we didn't run to safe places. They didn't scream and demand that I be run out of the college. We talked, argued, debated. I learned about them...they learned about me. Some of those people became my friends, some I reached a middle ground where we disagreed but respected each other, some I walked away from cause in my view they were crazy. I am sure I was crazy to them as well.
I might never have truly understood how my gay friends were treated if I hadn't been exposed to the raids of the local gay bars at closing time in a West Texas town. Or how men and women often backtracked on the behavior they voluntarily took part in...and blamed someone else... if I had been exposed to the sorority/frat parties. Or how people allowed group mentality to overtake their own values, beliefs and to take actions that harmed others that was totally in contrast to their behavior when standing alone outside that group/mob. I would never truly understand what it was to be black, Hispanic or Asian for example....but I learned I could use my own experiences of growing up in an abusive environment to empathize. I learned by having tons of exposure to a variety of lectures, speakers and behaviors. I learned by taking part in lectures I agreed with...and ones I didn't. I was able to choose my path. Now, speakers are not even allowed to speak on the very campuses that built their reputations on being radical proponents of "freedom." Instead of facing adversity, colleges have become havens of conformity as defined by the ruling political corrections manipulations. Instead of fostering the independent thought, colleges are now breeding grounds for how people are to weak to cope with anything that might offend them.
So, no....the government should have no say in anyone's private life or the path you choose to follow.
Sidenote....Chicago has a similar plan for 2020. One set of post high school community colleges being pushed to apply to is the Chicago College system. The more applications, the more tax dollars and federal dollars for the city-this is not about helping students. It is about manipulating the numbers in order for politicians to access more money for their coffers.
