Community college should be free for all students who want to attend school. There should be a set of rules applied to those that would take advantage of this privilege. In the United States, there are not very many programs that offer the opportunity for students to attend free colleges like other countries have. Some examples of the countries are Norway, Finland, Sweden, Germany and France. The U.S. does have some programs that offer free tuition. For example Tennessee offers free tuition to
agree, community college should be free. This gives the option to students that can't afford a 4 year university, to still being able to go to college and hopefully after two years transferring out. Community college usually helps with coming up with a plan, once you enter a 4 year university, and I am more than positive that not having to worry about paying, would relieve a lot of stress for lower income students. In the article they talk about financial aid when it comes to community college. Usually
major controversy when the idea of something being “free” is brought up in this economy. Money is what operates the economical system and it’s the factor that leads colleges in providing resources for their students. President Obama’s idea of having community college be free leaves many skeptical on whether it can be beneficial, or in some ways hurtful. However, there are upsides to allowing community college to be free. Community College should be free because it will cause a diversity of students to
Citizens Voice published an essay written by Dr. Michael MacDowell, in which he gave his opinion on Barack Obama’s recent proposal to make the first two years of community college free of charge. Dr. Michael A. MacDowell, retired president of Misericordia University and a writer for Citizen’s Voice, disagrees with Obama’s plan and makes this clear in his article 's title, “The Community College Model Works Just Fine.” MacDowell’s biggest arguments is that the community college group is not the most effective
Final Essay Prompt (Version 1) Recently President Obama proposed a plan to make two years of community college free to all students, but just community college alone. This does not include state or university colleges. In my opinion this plan of creating a two year free general education system for community colleges should be instituted for the simple reason that if you choose to pursue a higher education such as state college or university you should pay the tuition but for those that choose
Should education be really subsidized in the United States? Having a free education has always been a controversy in America. Free education is defined as education funded through taxation or charitable organizations rather than tuition funding. Many models of free higher education have been proposed. (En.wikipedia.org, 2017). In the US, the federal government mainly provides financial help to students and specific research projects, while state funds primarily pay for the general operations of public
education, especially higher education like college, is a privilege. Everyone is entitled to an education, but what is holding a lot of students back is their financial situation. The cost of college education is getting out of hand; its prices are alarming, leaving students with little ways to pay for it, in the dust. The unfortunate reality of students dealing with debt is a fear-mongering tactic used so that students sike themselves out and never attend college. This harsh reality applies to many students
Argumentative Essay on Supporting Our Students In an article by The New York Times, by David Brooks, called, “Support Our students.” Brooks explains that instead of free college, maybe they should help college students with everyday needs. He said that college is already free for the working class and underpaid. (Brooks) He doesn’t believe that making community college free will help anymore with the debt, then it did before. In sum, I will discuss the argument that David Brooks portrays and explain
throats since elementary, I am planning to attend college. My sisters and I being the first generation in our family to attend college, everything is a little scarier. Nothing scared me more than seeing the cost of the tuition. My parents dropped out of college after one year because they didn’t put the work in to get scholarships, and tuition was too much. My oldest sister is in her third year of college and is already planning to come out of college with $70,000 debt, because she is in a private school
Four There are many reasons why people choose the college that they attend, but is a two year college better than a four year college? This is the question Liz Addison answers in her chapter "Two Years Better Than Four" (Pg. 255-58). Addison was enrolled in Virginia Community College, Southern Maine Community College, and Royal Veterinary College. She has two degrees; her first degree in biology and the second degree is from Royal Veterinary College and is now a veterinarian in Virginia. When discussing