Pick three ways of knowing. How would each approach the "university as public/private good" debate?

The three ways of knowing I choose are: emotion, memory, and reason. Analyzing whether universities should be public or private, each way of knowing results in different answers.

When answering such question from an emotional aspect the answer is yes, universities should be public. This is because most humans agree that it is an unfair disadvantage for people who have the capability and desire to continue their education through higher institutions, but they reside because of their financial boundaries. Approaching this question emotionally may also lead some people to think that education is a human right and therefore should be publically provided for everyone.

Even when using memory to approach this question, it is it logical for humans to think that universities should be a public good due to the benefits it would provide. Using memory and looking back upon history, countries with more educated societies showed to be more successful and prosperous. Having everyone to pay taxes for universities to become public is also justified by memory. Social security is a well-known example for using taxes in order to invest in the future and prevent economical issues. Similarly, if we approach this question by memory it is logical to believe that we should use every citizen’s money to invest in the future.

On the other hand, if we approach this question by reason universities should not be publicly available. This is because making universities public requires everyone to pay taxes for that higher education, this is unfair since only a certain group of people are going to use it. Another cause to not make universities public is due to the fact that there will be a huge gap in the academic and materialistic qualities present in public and private universities making each type of institution less diverse.