I don’t know what country you are from and therefore don’t know the social and cultural context.

I would say that maybe college doesn’t need to be free but just worth what it provides.

Nothing is free and maybe that money could be put to better use by productive people. Especially if nothing is really learned overall.

Here in the US it shouldn’t also need to be seen as compulsive. Most of my peers found their initial majors too hard and opted to go for easier degrees to get the piece of paper.