Free tuition for community colleges, but what’s the catch?
Should community college education be tuition free and if so how would it affect the country and people financially, will there be a catch to it or have some kind of regulations and rules that people have to follow to receive free tuition? On January 8, 2015, President Barack Obama proposed that for there to be free tuition for community colleges. However, it’s a highly controversial plan, some are with it and some are against it. It can help many people who aren’t doing well financially to be able to have free tuition for them to be able to go to community college, but in the process it may cause the country financially to go down. So many people are not able to go to a community …show more content…
In an article of the US News, by Allie Bidwell. She wrote about that how college students will need to have and maintain a certain GPA to be able to receive free tuition. I think that’s a good idea, because that rewards the students who are showing that they’re willing to put in the effort and time to do well in college. Even president Obama says that, "Put simply, what I'd like to do is to see the first two years of community college free for everybody who's willing to work for it." So as long as people are willing to work for being able to receive free tuition community college then I don’t see why they should not be rewarded for their hard …show more content…
In the article of the white house by David Hudson, he wrote that the proposed plan of President Barack Obama of having the tuition free for community colleges for people who are willing to work for it, would save full time community college students $3,800 in tuition per year on average. Also, it would benefit roughly 9 million students each year. That’s a big deal for how many people it can benefit financially. I know the proposed plan may not cover every single expense but it would still greatly help financially for many
Should community college education be tuition free and if so how would it affect the country and people financially, will there be a catch to it or have some kind of regulations and rules that people have to follow to receive free tuition? On January 8, 2015, President Barack Obama proposed that for there to be free tuition for community colleges. However, it’s a highly controversial plan, some are with it and some are against it. It can help many people who aren’t doing well financially to be able to have free tuition for them to be able to go to community college, but in the process it may cause the country financially to go down. So many people are not able to go to a community …show more content…
In an article of the US News, by Allie Bidwell. She wrote about that how college students will need to have and maintain a certain GPA to be able to receive free tuition. I think that’s a good idea, because that rewards the students who are showing that they’re willing to put in the effort and time to do well in college. Even president Obama says that, "Put simply, what I'd like to do is to see the first two years of community college free for everybody who's willing to work for it." So as long as people are willing to work for being able to receive free tuition community college then I don’t see why they should not be rewarded for their hard …show more content…
In the article of the white house by David Hudson, he wrote that the proposed plan of President Barack Obama of having the tuition free for community colleges for people who are willing to work for it, would save full time community college students $3,800 in tuition per year on average. Also, it would benefit roughly 9 million students each year. That’s a big deal for how many people it can benefit financially. I know the proposed plan may not cover every single expense but it would still greatly help financially for many