The college market in South Africa has increased tremendously recently. This has been a “prominent issue” states Ouma Wangenge in the article: “Tuition Fees and The Challenge of Making Higher Education a Popular Commodity In South Africa.”. As you can clearly see, this is not just a great issue in America, but also in other countries. The framework for this free college has been a huge debate ranging from funding of the government to protestors against the idea of a totally free college. They use the same issues that Americans have with the issue of a totally free college. Where will the money come from? Who will benefit from this? How many people does this hurt to make it happen? Well, in South Africa, unlike many other African countries, they have developed a
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Even for the ones that are able to attend college, it is hard on them to afford this. Wittner states: “The tuition squeeze on young Americans results largely from severe reductions in state and local funding for public colleges and universities, usually initiated by conservative, budget-cutting governments. Since 2008 alone, state funding for public universities has dropped 16 percent.” ("Why Tuition-Free College Makes Sense." P. 6). Sanders makes sure that this point is brought up in many of his debates, and even on his websites and articles. If funding was up like it was decades ago, then we could have the more affordable college that we used to have today. Students do not always want the benefits that colleges give them automatically, so, like stated earlier, universities could cut this out and make the kids that wanted it pay their amount and kids that cared less about it not. Pay for what you want, not what you’re given. ("Why Tuition-Free College Makes Sense." Truthout. Truthout, 2016. Web.
Even for the ones that are able to attend college, it is hard on them to afford this. Wittner states: “The tuition squeeze on young Americans results largely from severe reductions in state and local funding for public colleges and universities, usually initiated by conservative, budget-cutting governments. Since 2008 alone, state funding for public universities has dropped 16 percent.” ("Why Tuition-Free College Makes Sense." P. 6). Sanders makes sure that this point is brought up in many of his debates, and even on his websites and articles. If funding was up like it was decades ago, then we could have the more affordable college that we used to have today. Students do not always want the benefits that colleges give them automatically, so, like stated earlier, universities could cut this out and make the kids that wanted it pay their amount and kids that cared less about it not. Pay for what you want, not what you’re given. ("Why Tuition-Free College Makes Sense." Truthout. Truthout, 2016. Web.