Paid higher education is not unheard of. Paid higher education would motivate high school students to keep going, and keep college students from dropping out. Rich students shouldn’t be paid to go to college (in medieval times, rich students had their books stolen and ransomed by their poor peers—when they weren’t beaten over the heads with them). Paid higher education would be expensive. The tax income generated by their return could fund any number of public enterprises, including paying students to study.

Source: Huffington Post January 13, 2018 22:41 UTC