Should the tuition paid by a medical student be considered the full and final payment on his/her education? Is society owned anything given the true cost is not paid for by students?

Answer 1

Every college/university I know of is supported by gifts, endowments, and/or taxes, as well as tuition.

What do you think would happen in our society if no one decided to go to medical school because they would have to pay and pay and pay throughout their lives?

When you come up with your own response to this question, please repost, and someone here will be happy to critique your thinking.

Answer 2

No college student pays for their own education in full. Endowments, taxes and private funds pay a large portion of the total expenses. The question remains: does a student owe the society and system that fostered her?
Vice Admiral Rickover addressed this concern in his book "Education and Freedom" in 1959. In it he laid out the path for excellence in education, to which the recipents were to keep the cycle ongoing. Many folks do not agree with him and his thesis.
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