Essay: Should studends be free to attend a certain classes at university? University is an institution of freedom and knowledge. This principle, which many universities implemented even in their name (for example Free University of Innsbruck), should be, if considerated seriously, valid not only for the relationship of the universities whit the state, but also for the relationship of the university whit their students. That implies, that nobody should be forced to study in a certain manner by attending a certain class. The only thing important should be, that the student is in possession of knowledge required for passing the exam. You can forced students to join certain classes, but you can’t force them to be prepared and even less to pain attention. By forcing them to come the university creates only chaos in the classroom, taking the possibility to profit from a lesson of these students, that actually want to be present. If every student is free to come the university assures that ever professor is applying himself to give the best lecture possible, because if he is for example boring or don’t communicate the knowledge required he will soon be lonely. In this prospective by letting students decide if they what attend classes the university improves the quality of their lessens whit whiteout spending a single dollar. If a professo gives good lectures the students will come and participate spontaneously. A good example is the Harvard Ethics class, which is known as one of the best worldwide and which many people (me included) have watched online whiteout any obligation. Because of this reasons I hope that university will give the freedom to decide if they want attend a certain class or don’t.