Your thoughts on free dual enrollment for high schoolers? My Children's high school is pubic and offers the same program. Are we taking money from the colleges and that's a bad thing or do they charge enough already and this is better for the kids?
I don't think that students in private schools should get college courses for free -- unless it's being misinterpreted and the costs are actually part of the fees parents pay. Having spent my career in higher education, it's just a reality that each seat in each class brings in money for the institution. As states are paying less and less to support public colleges and universities, every penny counts. However, it seems to me that finding a way to encourage students through allowing high school students to take college courses without disadvantaging schools or cutting out students whose families don't have the means is ideal.
So, public school continue to pay while private schools get a free ride,wow. How is that fair to the public system? Seems to me that if you can afford to pay for a private schoolyou can afford to pay the colleges for their courses. Its like someone turned Florida into opposite world.