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    schooling and education. But should you have to pay for your knowledge? Countries like Norway, Finway, Sweden, Germany, and more, have higher levels of free education, such as colleges that provide free tuition. However, in other countries such as the United States, college tuition and other forms of higher education is not free, and to some people, that doesn't seem fair. During the presidential debate in 2015, candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, made the promise of free education in the United

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    Many people believe that making community college free is a step to bettering the country. The article “As He Promotes It, Some Question Obama’s Free Community College Idea” by Joanne Jacobs, gives us insight on both sides of the argument and allows us to form an opinion based on what we read. After reading this article, I had to agree with not making community college free. Although it sounds nice, and other world countries have free college at the price of higher taxes, I feel it best to keep it

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    playing football and then on the walk to class you get tackled by a linebacker. This is essentially how free speech is handled on campuses. Trigger warnings are plastered on every bulletin board and newsletter just so that you can be bombarded when you least expect it. As an inalienable right, limitations on free speech are limited, especially on a university campus. From the general misuse of free speech by speakers themselves to the assumption that limiting students is a valid solution, freedom of

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    College is a dream that almost all parents share for their children. Getting a college education is the gateway to becoming a doctor, or a lawyer, or possibly even an astronaut. In reality, the modern era is filled with technological advancements that require one to have a specialized education – an education that is only obtained at a college institution. Unfortunately the modern age is directly colliding with the wallets of many families whom want their kids to go on to college and obtain such

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    significant improvements needed are methods of financing college education either by the government or by college students. With a government funded college system, students would not be enabled to pay for tuition, providing additional benefits. Overall, our country should allow free college tuition to ensure the creation of a well-educated workforce, equalized opportunities, and decreased financial obligations for students. To begin, permitting colleges to remove tuition will result in a well-educated

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    President Barack Obama unveiled a new proposal: Make two years of community college free for responsible students across America. This program would benefit roughly 9 million students each year. I think this College Promise act is not necessary. If the United States government had unlimited funds, it could provide free tuition for community college. The federal government would pay up to 75% of the cost, which is about $2,500 a year per student. To pay for these tuitions, President Obama will

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    College Tuition Benefits

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    Today college tuition has the highest price tag it has ever had in American history. Right now, happens to be the hardest time for people to go to school and be successful. To put it in numbers, tuition price has boosted a whopping 1,122 percent in the past 40 years. Along with college tuition, student loan debt has obviously also increased. Free community college could be beneficial to many people and can begin to be achieved by relieving student debt, increasing tax and changing where tax money

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    prompting some politicians to argue for free tuition for all. While the concept of free college is appealing, in reality this idea is an oversimplified solution to a complex problem. Free tuition policies such as New York State’s Excelsior Scholarship benefit some middle-class families, but they neglect other expenses that prevent poor students from attending college. Furthermore, such programs would encourage students who are neither prepared nor suited for college to attend, further increasing dropout

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    College Transition

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    rate of college students dropping out of college, or not attending in the first place. We get told from the start to attend college, but who can afford such an education without some type of loan and with the prices dramatically increasing each year? We get asked from when we’re little to now, what we’d like to be when we’re older. Lots of jobs require or encourage college backgrounds. With college tuition and prices increasing it makes the opportunity for low income students to go to college drop drastically

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    Introduction When a person enrolls into a college they have two options, either get free tuition or invest in federal student loans. Free tuition is granted to students who have earned it, however free tuition may not be needed for community college. A new program is arising that community college should be free to all college bound students. It offers a student to go hassle free to any college that offers it. I believe that free tuition and community college is a great idea to those less fortunate

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