Podbit · The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
Biden's $750 billion debt relief plan was the wrong tool. Galloway's alternative: give top universities $1 billion each in exchange for growing freshman classes 4% a year and cutting tuition 2% a year, effectively halving real tuition in a decade.
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Having established that universities are hoarding, Galloway turns to solutions — and starts by dismantling the most prominent one: Biden's $750 billion debt relief plan. Wiping debt, he argues, removes price signals and creates moral hazard: students stop shopping for the best deal because they assume the debt might be forgiven anyway. Worse, it does nothing for the two-thirds of Americans who never had the option to attend college. The better use of that $750 billion, Galloway contends, would have been a grand bargain: offer each of the top 750 universities $1 billion in exchange for growing freshman classes 4% annually and cutting tuition 2% annually. In 10 years, inflation-adjusted tuition would be halved and the freshman population doubled. The target: returning to the era when a kid with a 3.1 GPA and $60 in their pocket could show up at UCLA freshman year and work their way through. He then pivots to his most emotionally charged argument — the 'miracle drug' metaphor. [1] — Scott Galloway "College reduces suicide risk by 60%, doubles income, and dramatically raises civic participation. If it were a pill, everyone would demand …" 17:45 If a pill existed that reduced suicide rates by 60%, doubled income, and raised civic participation, no one would dream of rationing it. That pill is higher education. The AI-makes-college-irrelevant narrative, he concludes, is simply wrong: college has never been more essential for developing the critical thinking skills needed to wield AI tools. [1] — Scott Galloway "College reduces suicide risk by 60%, doubles income, and dramatically raises civic participation. If it were a pill, everyone would demand …" 17:45
Galloway's proposed grand bargain would require top universities to grow freshman classes 4% a year and cut tuition 2% a year in exchange for $1 billion each, halving inflation-adjusted tuition in 10 years.
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