Scholarships can be a great way to get students to go to college that might not have been able to go to school because of financial hardships. My cousin Ethan attended college on a fully paid scholarship that paid his room and board, tuition and fees, and all books. Without that financial help he never would have been able to go to college; his parents were hard working people that just barely were keeping their heads above the water in these hard economic times.
In my opinion, every high school student should be required to attend a two year school of some sort after high school. That could be college or vocational school. From what I understand, there are countries that provide this type of continuing higher education completely free to the students, and it helps to prepare the students for the real world much better than simply going to high school. If “we” are to continue to compete with the rest of the world, I think that we should take a look at providing this same type of higher education as well.