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I'm pro national service - whether that takes the form of mail delivery, community work, fire service, environmental remediation (!!) there's a shitton of work to be done, give kids free education and get them enrolled for services and benefits and skim off the best for leadership. Or, military or federal security service. There's a ton of different ways for people to serve their country and we should accommodate all who are willing to step up.
You know, I can fuck with this to an extent.
I think folks should always have the right to refuse, but I think some sort of national service obligation in exchange for education assistance could be beneficial.
In the US, there is currently a federal loan program for college students, where the government fronts some or all of the cost to attend college and you pay it back later. The government also has debt forgiveness programs if you later go to work for a non-profit or public office and make consistent repayments for a number of years, but that is unreliable, requires a set number of conditions to be met, and usually takes a long time.
The US military has programs where they will pay for all of your college education if you enlist, but not everyone is comfortable going into the military and that comes with its own obvious risks.
In lieu of the loan system, if there was a similar program for agreeing to work as a public servant for X number of years in exchange for free school, it could be appealing. It would be a decent resume builder for participants to have a stable job and income during their period of service after they finish school while they have time to look for a long-term career once their service is finished, and they wouldn't have to stress about trying to land a forgiveness-qualifying job that they need to stay at for 10 years or more while also never missing a payment on their interest-accruing loan.
mos def. the trick is to make it fun and part of the transition to adulthood, so they want to serve.
in addition to schooling, give them access to home loans too. make it possible for people to own houses again.
crazy dreams right?
Shit I'd do a lot worse for a house.
clear firebreaks or hunt invasive species in order to get the gi-bill equiv? fuck yeah...