Community colleges in California should offer two years of free education to students that are responsible. First, by making community college free for two years, struggling low income families can get a two year education at their local community college. By going to a free college people can save money for two years and transfer out to a better college with the money that they have saved. More student will switch from expensive colleges, and come to a less expensive college and acquire their Associate's degree. Next, some of the students will realize that they are going to graduate from an expensive college, and they are going to leave with a diploma and a huge debt in loans. Some people just need an Associate's Degree to get the job that they want and people can get that in two years. For example to become a police officer, people need an Associate's degree, and be twenty one years of age. Last, the crime in the cities will be reduced if community colleges would offer free education. Most people that are in the streets doing bad things are the ones who dropped out of high school because college was going to be too …show more content…
expensive for their families. Some people will be so busy with school that they will be taking a lot of classes so they can finish in the two years that they have free. How can anybody not like to go to community college for free for two years. Community colleges should be free because it will reduce crime in the cities, help low income families, and reduce the amount of student debts. First, struggling low income families will have more opportunity when community college becomes free. The families will get good paying jobs if they graduate from college. By going to a free community college they can get a part time job and save some money to transfer out after two years. The White House reports that in order to get a job in 2020, people will need a Bachelor's degree, and they will need an Associate's degree or some college education (n. pag.). Kelderman believes that students will have to buy more stuff for each class so low income students would not be able to fit it in their budget, so they would not be able to attend college (n.pag.). Since college will be free students will just have to pay for their books and supplies. They will not need to pay for their expensive classes. The money for free community college tuition will be coming from the lottery. Many students will come to a community college instead of going to a four year college because they will get two free years of education. Next, some of the students will realize that they are going to graduate from an expensive college, and they are going to leave with a diploma and a huge debt in loans By going to a free two year community college they will not leave with a huge debt in loans. Trinko reports from a woman in work uniform, “After I finish my shift at the bakery I start my shift at Starbucks. I work 95 hours per week at three different jobs, she told the photographer. One of my sons graduated from Yale, and I have two more children in college” (1). Obviously, the parent is working hard so her children can have a better future, so they would not struggle as much as she did. Some people just need to acquire their Associate's Degree to get a good paying job that they want and people can get their AA degree in two years. The White House insists that“Americans need more knowledge and skills to meet the demands of a growing global economy without having to take on decades of debt before they even embark on their career” (1). For example to become a police officer people need an Associate's degree and be twenty one years of age. Trinko suggests that it is very important to save money for college, he set money aside from working two jobs (1). Basically if they do start giving free community college, people should not take it for granted, they should treat it like they are paying for it. Finally, there will be less crime in the cities if community colleges would offer free education.
Kelderman states that ninety percent of high school seniors in the state applied to the tennessee free college program, even students that did not plan on going to college applied (3). There will be so many people taking advantage of their free education that they will be taking three to four classes, that they will not even have time to go out. They will have so much homework and they will be studying half the time. Like they say for every hour they are in class is two hours of studying.Trinko acknowledges that “When I was tempted to skip a class later in college, I’d usually think how much my education was costing -- and go” (1). Some students will be smart and take advantage of the free community college education and some will just blow it
off. On the other hand, people think that having free education would be bad for the economy. They will think that some students will take the two years for granted and fail some of their classes, but students will actually have to work hard to get the two free years. Trinko points out that students who want to receive two years of free community college need to be responsible by being a part time student, and they need to maintain at least a two point five or higher GPA (1). Community college classes will get overcrowded with students and their will not be enough of student professor communication. Basically the two free years of community college will be the thirteenth and fourteenth grade. Maybe there will be more student, but that just means that they will have more people with whom to study with. Once they have completed their two years, they will not be in debt and they can decide to transfer to another college or to join the workforce with the Associates degree that they acquired. The White House acknowledges that a student can save up to three thousand eight hundred dollars of tuition by going to a free community college (1). To conclude, families with low income will get more opportunity in their future. By giving money to a low income family, they can save their money for something else or they can save it for when they want to transfer somewhere else. However, Trinko insists that, Pell Grant can help low income students to pay for their education at a community college (1). Also, students will be leaving a community college with a debt of loans if they do not get the two free years. If the students that graduated high school go to a free two year community college, there will be less crime in the cities. Students that are fresh out of high school should be able to get two years free years of community college education because there will be more more opportunity for low income families, less debt after graduating, and less crime in cities.
First and foremost, Trade Schools, Colleges and Universities states, “After all, more and more of today's jobs are knowledge-based or require advanced technical skills. So a better-educated workforce would help fill many of the skills gaps that prevent America's economy from growing faster.” If more people attended college then there would be more jobs to fill in America’s economy. There have been droughts in America’s economy, but with free college tuition, droughts would decrease. It would not be fair that someone who could be successful at the job would not be granted the ability to get the job because they don’t have a piece of paper with a signature on it compared to someone who does average or mediocre at the job and had the opportunity to go to college. Making college free also comes with consequences. So graduation numbers might drop, or the people who do graduate might not be as well prepared for the workforce. Also, with more people choosing to attend public colleges because of their tuition-free status, many schools might have to create wait lists or expand the ones they already have. State budgets could become strained, which might lead to cuts and decreased access to the programs that students want to take. Here is the weakness, although it benefits many students, the nation's existing
One of his reasons is college tuition is never free because someone [taxpayers] will have to foot the bill. He also brings up the point “Students from moderately affluent middle-class families attending community college can usually afford the generally modest tuition. Why should a sophomore who is attending a four-year college have to pay tuition, but a similar second-year student at a community college not have to?” He argues “The three-year graduation rate of full-time students is 31 percent; that figure may be understated because of data limitations, but the true dropout rate is almost certainly greater than the graduation rate.” He suggests that if community colleges already have such a high dropout rate, why should it be funded, it would be a waste of taxpayer’s money. Furthermore, according to The New York Federal Reserve Bank and the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, as well as utilizing data from Bureau of Labor Statistics, Vedder says, “Half of four-year college graduates are underemployed — doing jobs requiring only a high school diploma.” Lastly, “Very-low-income students currently have no major obstacle attending community college — indeed, Pell Grants often will cover the entire tuition”, says
The price of colleges in America; whether it is a four-year school or community college, has been viewed as a major issue to millions of citizens. Numerous people have argued that an education should not cost thousands of dollars. Some have even stated that college in general should be free. Although this may seem like an amazing idea, it could actually have negative effects that people may not have thoroughly considered. As simple as an education may seem, students and parents in America must pay their way through college; for nothing is free in life. In order to keep this country functioning in a proper way, community colleges in America should not be free.
What if one day the tuition of your community college was to become free? If you couldn 't afford college would you go? That’s exactly what President Obama is trying to propose in his State of The Union speech on January 20th 2015. In his words he claims “to lower the cost of community college, to zero”. I am a community college student freshman at Frederick Community College. Being a community college student I value my education and feel if this new proposal is to be put in place there will be people who don’t want to be there just like high school. Community college is something that runs in my family as my two cousins have attended a junior college in the past. I am in my first year at community college and can say that it is a lot different from high school as far as the expectations and work load. There are essentially some problems with this new proposal. Once I heard that President Obama
When it comes to a college education for someone, price is usually the first thing that interferes and can lead to many other problems. In the state of Tennessee, free community college has been in effect for the past few years and has been successful for them. In an article found in the Huffington Post, Snyder writes “Republican Governor Bill Haslam instituted Tennessee Promise in February 2014, making the state the first in the nation to provide free community college.” This “shows us the first state that provided free community college.” After this state acquired free community college, it became a hugely controversial topic for other states. Some people say that community college should not be free because of the rise in taxes. this is stated by trade-school. “The government would take in a lot of extra tax revenues”. Others say that all community colleges should be free because it will lower the amount of students that go in debt because of
College education goes about the way to an effective future for people who are not kidding with it. Currently, a college education has turned in the base necessity in securing a job in different companies and although some people might think college is not worth the debt, in a long run it actually is.
Siquerios said “ make the problem worse by drawing more students to already crowded community college campuses” which is true that most community colleges are small and if they were to be free most who will be attending public or private universities would rather go to community to do there GE’s for free then just go after to receiving their bachelors which might sound wonderful but it would m,are the campus more crowded and be less people trying to take the class they have to take because it would be full quickly. The other thing she said was “ middle- and upper-middle-class students could be competing for spots with low income students” which means that the people they're trying to get to attend community won't be because the class above them will be attending even more because of one it free and most likely were going to attend already which is not want they want because they want low income to be able to attend
We all wish that we could have a free education and not have to worry about getting loans and paying money back on time. The idea of having free community college sounds great because as adults we would be able to avoid spending more money for our education and we can also help ourselves and safe money as we go on and earning our bachelors or masters degree. In the Article “ Students, experts pick apart the pros and cons of the proposal meant to speed up degrees” by Joanne Jacobs it exhibits different point of views from different education leaders and point of why they think community college should and shouldn’t be free to everyone. In this article we are able to get a better understanding on how free college would affect everyone including
Free community college can be beneficial for the majority of American students. Personally, it affects me because I am a college student and having to work and go to college at the same time can be stressful. Work to pay for a college tuition can lead the student to an anxiety, which can lead to dropping letters grades in a specific class.
Work, work, work. Students in high school have an astronomical amount of work to do in such little time. Majority of students participate in some kind of physical activity outside of school, and the school want to force them to take subordinate classes like Physical Education that will just waste time and be in place of another class that will ready them for college. Hudson High School should allow the option for students to either play one sport every year, or take two Physical Education classes because it will allow for more efficiency among the students who want to take more classes that will better ready themselves for their college major. Hudson High School does allow for a student to take two flex credits to take the place of Physical Education, but these involve the students
Many young people would have better employment training to have and having a post-secondary education that could lead to more employment opportunities that leads to better paying jobs. If college tuition were free many students many more student can graduate and to earn their bachelor’s degree, and their associate’s degrees which would make college graduation rates increase”. Bob Samuels (President, University Counsil AFT Page 1 of
They point to national statistics indicating that public community colleges are often dead ends for students. For example, according to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, only about 20 percent of first-time, full-time students at public two-year colleges earn associate's degrees, diplomas, or certificates within three years of starting, and only 15 percent of them go on to earn bachelor's degrees within six years. In contrast, 54 percent of students at private, nonprofit two-year schools -and 63 percent of students at private, for-profit two-years schools- graduate within three years (National Center for Education Statistics, 2017). Making community colleges free could have some negative consequences for non-traditional students who often benefit from attending private colleges or vocational schools. If the U.S. government diverts more funding toward making community colleges tuition-free, then students attending private schools could potentially lose access to federal financial aid since that could possibly be one of the tradeoffs. Those individuals would then need to decide whether to attend free public schools that would potentially be much more crowded and/or provide less effective (and less convenient)
On January 20th 2015, President Obama spoke during the State of the Union Address. In that speech President Obama talked about one surprising thing that got everybody talking. That was his proposal to make the first two years of community college free to anybody willing to work for it. A lot of Americans were for and against this new proposal for many reasons. Some can benefit low class people trying to earn a degree while it can also make it just like high school. Obama’s plan is to make college students debt a little lower than it would originally be. To be eligible for free tuition is, you have to have a GPA of 2.5 or higher, taking classes that make you a half time student, and taking classes that will be transfered to a four year college.
Alina Tugend talked about how some states offer “free or near-free community college tuition to eligible high school graduates” (Tugend, 2016). Being able to go to college without the big worry over the cost would help students focus more on their courses and on graduating. Going to college is about learning and getting a degree but the cost of tuition makes this difficult. Colleges are now trying to fix the problem to increase the graduation rate. Fixing the problems that community colleges have is strenuous and even though there are solutions it can still be difficult to perform them.
I should receive a passing grade in this class because I can write now. Not just an exaggeration, but after another semester of English I finally feel confident that can write. Three of the reasons behind my confidence is I learned, I experienced and best of all I repeated. These three values helped prepare me for what is in store in English 1302 and here is why.