While I do agree with these programs to some degree, I think it’s a dangerous path for the government to decide which professions are worth rewarding. Students need to do their homework on the mean income and unemployment rates of their chosen profession and make good decisions to not go into debt they can’t pay off. What about “caring” professions that don’t require a college degree? Should the people who work in retirement homes or preschools have their loans forgiven for degrees they didn’t need for their profession?

I really like your post! I sure think this is a common question for all of us why we need education?
Each educator I believe has at least the responsibility to make that clear to his/her students that what he/she is teaching and why that is important. How it will impact society and the general life? That also motivates students to be connected to what they are learning in the class.

I think that faculties can placed some rules for their classes, but they should be logical.
It is acceptable to mention some rules in syllabus, but they cannot restrict the students to talk freely. I believe that drinking and eating in class are a little impolite , so the professors can ask students to avoid these tasks. But, it is not logical to expect that the students should not use some words!!