Ju-Pong Lin's List: higher education

Are post-secondary institutions merely selling high-priced degrees, diplomas and certificates to those who can afford them, or are these institutions serving a greater good by advancing knowledge and promoting creative and critical thinking? By placing the burden of paying for higher education on the student, our society is saying there is little social good or intrinsic value in an educated citizenry; it is the individual who benefits, not society as a whole. Therefore, the student pays.