I don't think it's a hack at all. It's how higher education should work. My dental hygienist was sending her daughter to college that way, and was just delighted with the deal that they were getting.
While our present system is what it is, and educates a lot of people, the same can be said for our health care system. But both are these opaque public-private enterprises that cost twice or more as in other civilized countries, for no reason that anybody can discern.
I've long believed that our best bet towards reforming higher education is to support and strengthen the public institutions that are doing a lot of good for a lot of people.
While our present system is what it is, and educates a lot of people, the same can be said for our health care system. But both are these opaque public-private enterprises that cost twice or more as in other civilized countries, for no reason that anybody can discern.
I've long believed that our best bet towards reforming higher education is to support and strengthen the public institutions that are doing a lot of good for a lot of people.