governments should offer a free university education to any student who has been admitted to a university but who cannot afford the tuition
A cliche states that if you think education is expensive, try ignorance. The suggestion of free education is a noble policy that has more demerits than merits.
A policy of free education creates at least three problems. These are; funding, moral hazards and limiting the roles of universities.
A policy of free education for all students creates a problem of funding for universities. This is especially true in the current economic climate. The government cannot afford to soley fund universities. Thus, free education creates more economic problems for the government. For instance, if a state like California adopts such a policy for California’s public universities, a substianial part of government revenue would go into funding universities leaving little room for the government to undertake other services.
Second, a policy of free education creates a moral hazard because students have no incentive to invest in their education. Individuals are more likely to commit to something that requires some sacrifice on their part. Free education demands no sacrifice. Factors such as loans and family sponsorship encourage a student to invest his education by learning because there is some one they are answerable to. However, if free education is provided to all students without any conditions, the policy would be abused. Some students may choose not to attend classes for example.
Third, a policy of free education limits the role of universities as citadels of knowledge especially in the area of research. Universities receive funds and grants to undertake resarch and development from the government and private sector. Howver, if free education is provided for all students at the tertiary level, research may be limited because funds received may likely go to overhead costs such as maintenance of infrastructure and salaries.
Nevertheless, the importance of education at all levels cannot be understated. The recommendation that free education should be provided for all students has a merit because education has positive consequences for a society. Holding all other factors constant, an educated society should be a prosperous and well developed one. Thus, a government may benefit from implementing a policy of free education at the tertiary level. This is because all things being equal, the students would contribute towards the development of the society. Thus, a policy of free education may be adopted for deserving students or on a needs basis with conditions such as having a certain GPA and public service attached to it
In conclusion, the above recommendation is a noble but unfeasible policy because of the economic and moral costs of such a policy. Free education should only be provided on a needs or merit basis
Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 6, column 374, Rule ID: ANY_BODY[1]
Message: Did you mean 'someone'?
Suggestion: someone
... education by learning because there is some one they are answerable to. However, if fre...
^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, however, if, may, nevertheless, second, so, third, thus, well, at least, for example, for instance, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 19.5258426966 97% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 12.4196629213 105% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 14.8657303371 81% => OK
Relative clauses : 4.0 11.3162921348 35% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 13.0 33.0505617978 39% => OK
Preposition: 49.0 58.6224719101 84% => OK
Nominalization: 33.0 12.9106741573 256% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2333.0 2235.4752809 104% => OK
No of words: 435.0 442.535393258 98% => OK
Chars per words: 5.3632183908 5.05705443957 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.56690854021 4.55969084622 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.05005062671 2.79657885939 109% => OK
Unique words: 201.0 215.323595506 93% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.462068965517 0.4932671777 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 762.3 704.065955056 108% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.59117977528 113% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 6.24550561798 48% => OK
Article: 16.0 4.99550561798 320% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.38483146067 23% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 20.2370786517 124% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 23.0359550562 74% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 61.2302670254 60.3974514979 101% => OK
Chars per sentence: 93.32 118.986275619 78% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.4 23.4991977007 74% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.08 5.21951772744 97% => OK
Paragraphs: 7.0 4.97078651685 141% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 19.0 10.2758426966 185% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 5.13820224719 19% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.83258426966 103% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.232576997707 0.243740707755 95% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0822791110472 0.0831039109588 99% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0460285399254 0.0758088955206 61% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.120843822157 0.150359130593 80% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.040632777155 0.0667264976115 61% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.5 14.1392134831 88% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 37.3 48.8420337079 76% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.1743820225 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.51 12.1639044944 111% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.47 8.38706741573 101% => OK
difficult_words: 110.0 100.480337079 109% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.0 11.8971910112 50% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 8.8 11.2143820225 78% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum six paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 6, column 374, Rule ID: ANY_BODY[1]
Message: Did you mean 'someone'?
Suggestion: someone
... education by learning because there is some one they are answerable to. However, if fre...
^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, however, if, may, nevertheless, second, so, third, thus, well, at least, for example, for instance, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 19.5258426966 97% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 12.4196629213 105% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 14.8657303371 81% => OK
Relative clauses : 4.0 11.3162921348 35% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 13.0 33.0505617978 39% => OK
Preposition: 49.0 58.6224719101 84% => OK
Nominalization: 33.0 12.9106741573 256% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2333.0 2235.4752809 104% => OK
No of words: 435.0 442.535393258 98% => OK
Chars per words: 5.3632183908 5.05705443957 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.56690854021 4.55969084622 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.05005062671 2.79657885939 109% => OK
Unique words: 201.0 215.323595506 93% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.462068965517 0.4932671777 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 762.3 704.065955056 108% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.59117977528 113% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 6.24550561798 48% => OK
Article: 16.0 4.99550561798 320% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.38483146067 23% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 20.2370786517 124% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 23.0359550562 74% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 61.2302670254 60.3974514979 101% => OK
Chars per sentence: 93.32 118.986275619 78% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.4 23.4991977007 74% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.08 5.21951772744 97% => OK
Paragraphs: 7.0 4.97078651685 141% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 19.0 10.2758426966 185% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 5.13820224719 19% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.83258426966 103% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.232576997707 0.243740707755 95% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0822791110472 0.0831039109588 99% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0460285399254 0.0758088955206 61% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.120843822157 0.150359130593 80% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.040632777155 0.0667264976115 61% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.5 14.1392134831 88% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 37.3 48.8420337079 76% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.1743820225 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.51 12.1639044944 111% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.47 8.38706741573 101% => OK
difficult_words: 110.0 100.480337079 109% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.0 11.8971910112 50% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 8.8 11.2143820225 78% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum six paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.