The political storm surrounding the "Dimensions for Education" law was characterized by a mudslide, making it difficult for us to see beyond that.
Now that she has calmed down, one can look and see that this is a consensus that is not only wrong, but also harmful.
The law distorts what economists call "incentives": Under the auspices of the law, academia will become a kind of post-military trip, free will prevent discharged soldiers from thinking about how they want to start their lives.
The law also harms soldiers who are not interested in studies, by depriving them of proper remuneration for their service.
These soldiers usually come from the lower classes, so in addition to the other damages, the "Dimensions for Studies" law actually widens the economic gaps. In academia in Israel there is a supply problem, especially in important departments such as medicine or engineering. The forklifts in the port of Ashdod. The encounter between the new law and the academic cartel will lead to the expulsion of talented young people, many of whom will decide to compromise and study social sciences and humanities.
The law does not differentiate between studies that contribute to the discharged soldier and studies that harm him.
In research, the harms of academic studies that do not match the labor market are called "over-education."
These damages include wasted time and mental frustration, and this situation impairs wages and productivity.
In an international comparison, Israel leads in the number of degrees per capita, but labor productivity and wages remain low.
The field of education, for example, has undergone academicization, although there has been no need for it.
In Germany, teachers are not academics, and the level of education there is much higher.
The wasted years in academia and unnecessary demands are some of the reasons for the shortage of teachers.
In the field of humanities, a field that does not contribute at all to work skills, graduates go into shock when they encounter the job market.
The network is full of "I studied theater, why do I not earn as much as in high-tech?" Posts.
Another problem is that these faculties are characterized by Marxist, anti-Zionist, and especially cynical content towards modern society and its institutions.
It was announced, for example, that the Israeli curriculum at the Open University is expected to become an Israeli and Palestinian curriculum. It is doubtful whether the legislature intended to subsidize this.
Subsidizing a non-productive academy, which does not contribute to the labor market, hostile to it and the state, is a puzzling act.
And it is an even more puzzling action when the subsidy also comes at the expense of the precious time of the discharged soldiers.
It is easier for academia to build curricula in the social sciences and humanities, and it is very likely that discharged soldiers will be paved for these areas, which will impair their future earning capacity.
Instead of subsidizing huge faculties of Marxism, sociology or the arts, the state should reward its soldiers with money so that they can start their lives with dignity and choose the course of their own lives.
Instead she seats them in a mediocre setting and harms for another three years.
The permanent members are rewarded by the state with budgetary pensions, not with a post-military trip on the university lawns.
Conscripts deserve similar treatment.
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