Tuition: Walking and Chewing Gum Simultaneously

By Alex Usher. Since we’re talking tuition this week, I thought I’d take an opportunity to tee off on one of the weakest arguments out there on this subject.  You know, the one that goes like this:

1. Higher Education is a Public Good
2. Public Goods should be free
3. Yay, free tuition.

There are actually two responses to this argument, one narrow and one broad. More...