Only on paper. In many cases - I'd risk betting in vast majority of cases - the actual paying customers are parents.
> The consequence for not learning everything is lowered skills available for the job market (engineering) or life (philosophy?).
The ability to perceive and comprehend this kind of consequences is something that develops early in adulthood; some people get it in school, but others (again, I'd bet majority) only half-way through university or even later.
On paper, you have students who're paying for education. In reality, their parents are paying an expected fee for an expected stage of life of their kids.
Only on paper. In many cases - I'd risk betting in vast majority of cases - the actual paying customers are parents.
> The consequence for not learning everything is lowered skills available for the job market (engineering) or life (philosophy?).
The ability to perceive and comprehend this kind of consequences is something that develops early in adulthood; some people get it in school, but others (again, I'd bet majority) only half-way through university or even later.
On paper, you have students who're paying for education. In reality, their parents are paying an expected fee for an expected stage of life of their kids.