I can’t help comparing this to the system I grew up in (Italy), which is vastly different and it seemingly produces very good graduates.
University was free and there was no test for enrolling in STEM degrees, and you could retry exams every semester as much as you wanted to. But goddamit exams were HARD and if you weren’t prepared enough you would keep failing until you gave up.
We weren’t entitled because we weren’t paying customers.
Also because Italy is Italy we had unlimited beer and wine on tap in the canteen. For real.
University was free and there was no test for enrolling in STEM degrees, and you could retry exams every semester as much as you wanted to. But goddamit exams were HARD and if you weren’t prepared enough you would keep failing until you gave up. We weren’t entitled because we weren’t paying customers.
Also because Italy is Italy we had unlimited beer and wine on tap in the canteen. For real.