Thread by @josecamoessilva

I have complex thoughts on this matter but:

> If we forgive student loans, […] a 100% refund is warranted.

If it's a _refund_ then the universities are the ones to pay them, not the taxpayers (or the banks).

This is not my position, but let's be consistent. 1/

https://twitter.com/Coyoteblog/status/1519066737274064896

My position is that (1) contracts entered into freely shouldn't be nullified because it's popular; (2) going forward, Univs should be co-signers of the loans (which would change their admissions/offerings a lot, I'm guessing); (3) merit scholarships should be the norm. 🤓🤓🤓 2/

Coming from a poor country, we had free education but the universities had a lot more STEM/business/law students than, say, humanities (and those were generally geared towards "teach in middle-to-high school" jobs). It wasn't a "finding yourself" time, more a "get a job" 🧐🤓 3/-

I undestand a lot of this is posturing, but it's difficult to take seriously anyone who dismisses universities tout court, as if that wouldn't be a massive disaster. (Think #STEM, medicine, law, hey, even the technical parts of business.)

(There's a bunch of investors in "alternative" hi-edu platforms who have a clear interest in bad-mouthing college, to which I respond: when you get brain surgery from someone who learned medicine on your platform, I'll take you seriously. Till then, talking your book… so 90s!🧐)