Yes.<p>Everyone bemoans the increasing in tuition and increase in admin staff.. these things are intimately tied. The cost of education on a per-student basis hasn&#x27;t increased very much in the US. Most of the cost burden has just shifted from taxpayers to students (for better or worse).  Much of the admin staff is necessary to handle all of the financial aid, grant applications, etc.<p>Simply providing tuition-free education would eliminate much of the bureaucratic overhead.