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    Is “free” college a good idea? College, in our everyday world, is considered to be something that uplifts or elevates a person's opportunity in life and is widely regarded as a huge reward on completion. However, is taking away some of the risk in this achievement, the correct thing to do? Changing an integral part of American society, such as college, could have many life changing and societal negative effects and is overall not worth it. College should not be free the first two years due to a

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    University has adopted a tobacco-free policy for not only the safety of students, but their overall mental and physical health as well. That policy has been increasing on college campuses at a nationwide level. As of 2009, the American College Health Association adopted a position statement on a no tobacco use policy that encourages colleges and universities to become 100% tobacco free. As you can assume this has caused major debates on whether these policies should be established or not. In our current

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    called the high school movement which was taking place for making high school free for all of the population to obtain better jobs and open the world for more classes. With doing so, it opened the workforce through creating a more diverse and educated work force. It allowed hundreds of thousands of people to go and obtain a minimal set of education which allowed for thousands of new openings in the work force. College is just the next step up from high school which in terms would have the same

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    educated people. And we should be willing to pay to educate them” (Wiener 224). An undergraduate's education can be more successful if tuition is not a factor in life (Cubberly 22). Although free in-state college tuition would boost the wealth of the rich, it should be free because the cost of tuition continues to rise, for-profit schools continue to generate the largest percent of debt, and workforce equality is needed. Millions of people are unable to attend community college, even though the

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    Free college is a commonly accepted idea, as a crucial part of society's advancement. Education is the foundation for building a strong country, as knowledge is what allows for productivity in all areas of life. However, the cost and accessibility to standard higher education limits many people's availability to a quality schooling. Some may argue that public colleges should continue to charge tuition, as the federal government can not afford the cost nor will creating higher taxes to enable the

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    Government, W2 Adreana Hailu 10/1/2015   College Tuition Over the past few years there have been noticeable effects of raised tuition on college students throughout U.S. According to a recent College Board report, tuition and fees at four-year public institutions have increased by 31 percent (democrats.edworkforce.house.gov, Committee of education and the work force democrats). It’s not uncommon that students take out loans to afford college and later find themselves drowning in debts. Not

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    and studying for hours and hours. You start applying for colleges and make it into the school of your choice. Once you’re in, you realize you cannot afford to pay for your food or textbooks. You soon realize you can’t continue going to college and drop out to get a job. All those years of work are wasted. Unfortunately, this is the reality for hundreds of students in America. Across the country, students are struggling to afford college and day to day expenses. They can’t handle the costs of

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    Stats). A topic that has been going on throughout college sports is whether or not to pay college athletes. The problem with paying college athletes is that they are already being paid in different forms other than just cash or checks. They also receive freebies like tuition or housing but the biggest of problems is there is no equal way to pay them. Although people believe that paying college athletes would be profitable to college universities, they should not be paid to play because they are already

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    Free speech shall not incite evil and hatred in this country. The First Amendment prevents the government from infringing upon our freedom of assembly and speech. “The disability is so complete that Congress is expressly forbidden to enact laws respecting an establishment of religion, or laws abridging the free exercise of religion, freedom of speech and press, and the right to petition the government” (Bybee). As a whole, our founding fathers only had good intentions with regards to First Amendment

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    High college tuition is attributing to the dumbing down of the American youth. With more willing, talented students dreaming of a higher education than ever in history, it is our duty to create free or debt-free college. It time to take on the federal financial aid system and take down vouchers. President Obama, Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Hillary Clinton have called for tuition-free community college. Tuition in the United States has sky rocketed. College graduates

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