SHOULD COMMUNITY COLLEGE BE FREE?
Laila Tabbaa
Florida Gulf Coast University
Abstract
In this argumentative research paper, through the author's opinion answers the question whether community colleges should be free. Taking the opponent's approach, the paper gives sufficient reasons as to why the writer chose that direction. It starts by introducing the topic followed by a brief background information on free community college discussion. The paper gives a brief description on the reasons why some Americans think community college should be free. Their main reason is that it provides equality and more opportunities for students. It proceeds to issue writer’s opinion as to why community college should not be free with backup from credible references and statistics. Among the reasons explained in this paper are; dropout rates would increase, free community college would be unfair to the poor while the rich would benefit more besides being a burden to the taxpayers. SHOULD COMMUNITY COLLEGE BE FREE? There is a heated debate currently evoked by the issue of increasing community college costs among policy-makers and the public at large. For many students belonging to low-income households and living in poverty-stricken residential areas, the skyrocketing community …show more content…
John Adams in 1785 reiterated that the education of the whole people should be the duty of the whole people by bearing education expenses (John, López-Damián, Marie, & Hoggatt, 2017). As a matter of fact, there was a time in the history of America when students did not pay any fee to attend public colleges. So that higher education could be available to all students regardless of the social class, states created land-grant colleges on federal lands as enshrined in the Morrill Act of 1862. The goal was to foster education, both liberal and practical for the pursuit of professional life in industrial
Laila Tabbaa
Florida Gulf Coast University
Abstract
In this argumentative research paper, through the author's opinion answers the question whether community colleges should be free. Taking the opponent's approach, the paper gives sufficient reasons as to why the writer chose that direction. It starts by introducing the topic followed by a brief background information on free community college discussion. The paper gives a brief description on the reasons why some Americans think community college should be free. Their main reason is that it provides equality and more opportunities for students. It proceeds to issue writer’s opinion as to why community college should not be free with backup from credible references and statistics. Among the reasons explained in this paper are; dropout rates would increase, free community college would be unfair to the poor while the rich would benefit more besides being a burden to the taxpayers. SHOULD COMMUNITY COLLEGE BE FREE? There is a heated debate currently evoked by the issue of increasing community college costs among policy-makers and the public at large. For many students belonging to low-income households and living in poverty-stricken residential areas, the skyrocketing community …show more content…
John Adams in 1785 reiterated that the education of the whole people should be the duty of the whole people by bearing education expenses (John, López-Damián, Marie, & Hoggatt, 2017). As a matter of fact, there was a time in the history of America when students did not pay any fee to attend public colleges. So that higher education could be available to all students regardless of the social class, states created land-grant colleges on federal lands as enshrined in the Morrill Act of 1862. The goal was to foster education, both liberal and practical for the pursuit of professional life in industrial