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    Should college tuition be free for everyone? College tuition is very expensive for most average students, the average college tuition price is about $8,000. There is a debate going on right now about college tuition and if it should be free for everyone. Many say that college should be free, while others believe we should keep paying for college tuition. After looking at data, it appears that college tuition should not be free. One reason why college tuition should not be free, is that students

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    Should college be free? A current universal problem poses this question. In today’s world, full of public education standards that hold students maybe too high and in a generation bogged down by student debt, this issue qualifies as a problem more than many are maybe even willing to admit. While the prospect of free college proposes excellent ideals such as a stronger and smarter generation, no student loan problems, and a higher educated society, the truth may actually lie in the reality that

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    The cost of tuition and debt are some things that come to mind when considering college. Many individuals believe that college should be free. However, taking into consideration the citizens of our country, the many options for paying for college, and the value a college degree would hold, college should not be free. Nevertheless, college should be made more affordable, colleges should lower the prices on tuition student housing, and the textbooks needed for classes. By lowering the prices on these

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    Should College Tuition be Free? College tuition, and its exorbitant price, has always been a topic of debate and as with any other debate, there are multiple sides to the argument. Some people feel that college is just too expensive and that the government should make all public college tuition free. Others say that the government should force them to lower the entry fee. Lastly there are the people who know that if the admission cost was lowered or removed, taxes for everyone would move in the

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    Should College Education Be free? Should education be free? As a parent do you ever ponder on wasting millions of dollars on your child? Yes it is a good cause, but that also includes where they live, food and other hobbies. Shouldn't the education be free? In my thoughts I think everyone wishes education was free. I think education shouldn't just be for the rich or the smart, it should be the ones who work hard as of everyone who does, but no matter rich, poor I think education should be for everyone

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    Should college be free and be extended beyond twelve years, should fourteen years of schooling be the standard in the 21th century? "A college degree increases lifetime earning substantially, by about $1,000,000.00 and provides better and more employment opportunities. Individuals are not the only ones who benefits from more skilled and educated workforce and social mobility inherent within it everyone would benefit, the individual, the nation, and the states who support it extending education to

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    Should Community college be free? I think that community college should not be free. The reason why is because with community college being free the student may be more interested in going to community college for 2 years and go straight to your favorite workforce after receiving your certificate or diploma from the school. While it does work like that the student may be blinded by the fact that by only having two years of experience in your workforce it may not get you very far in life. The other

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    Should College Education Be Free for All? Our country doesn’t provide free higher education for our society. The majority of people agree that due to high cost of tuition the large amount of people can’t afford higher education at all. Our society facing the biggest challenge today is drowning in student depts. Today, a few people still debate about the importance of free college education. In the article, “What’s Wrong with Guaranteeing a Free College Education?” Stephen Krason argues that “federally

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    going off to college will place them in large amounts of debt. That is if they are unfortunate in receiving some type of scholarship. College is expensive because students have to pay tuition, housing, and for their books. One way colleges could cut down cost for students is to make textbooks free. Textbooks should be free for college students because they are expensive, they are becoming useless, and producing them is bad for the environment. `One reason college textbooks should be free is because

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    students still decide not to attend college. So why should the public strive to provide free tuition if students do not go? More negatives than positives will come about from free tuition in public colleges and universities. B. Through extensive research on the pros and cons of free college tuition, I have come to be agaisnt free tuition. Being a college student, I know how difficult it is to find the money to go to school, but as good as it may sound, nothing is ever free. C. I am going to try and convince

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