Is Denmark Too Nice to Its Students?

Government officials and educators in Denmark are debating whether the country is too generous to its college students. Tuition is free and students receive stipends (not loans) so officials say that students feel little pressure to study subjects that relate to potential jobs, Agence France Presse reported. Tech companies report that they don't have enough qualified applicants, while enrollments surge in topics that relate to students' personal interests. There has been much public discussion of a man known as "Lazy Robert," who at 45 has devoted considerable time to studying philosophy, Chinese and the social sciences and has no interest in finding private sector work.