"it is universities themselves that have undermined the worth of the education..."

[sakky]

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One problem in forcibly pushing the cost of education on the employer (other than the obvious in further increasing the cost of labor) is that the student would have less of an incentive to make fiscally responsible decisions because someone else is picking up the tab. And schools that don’t particularly have a great track record for controlling costs will have even less of an incentive to do so.

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<p>The idea would then be that employers - because they would now be paying - would them scrutinize to a far greater degree the types of education they would be funding. They might declare that they will fund certain types of education but not others. </p>

<p>But the problem as it stands right now as that employers are obtaining a sweet free ride on the backs of students and their parents. Employers pay none of the costs of the market signaling effects of college education, while reaping the benefits. Those who reap the benefits should pay the costs.</p>