Free College Essays

should be able to have equal opportunity. This is why there should be no cost for receiving a college education. The general argument made by Carol Roth in the article “Free Community College Isn’t Free...and it’s a Bad Idea” is that saying that college will be free when it really won’t, and it will cause more problems and evidently not solve any current problems. She states that nothing is really ever free because there has to be someone paying for the programs that the schools are offering. In…

College opens doors for us that can change and shape who we become. It allows us to explore our options and find what we are truly passionate about. The problem that many graduating seniors face is figuring out how are they going to pay for college. According to college board, the average 2016-2017 cost of tuition alone for state residents at public colleges was $9,650. Having free tuition at state colleges would increase government spending. However, everyone would have the same opportunity…

gained more and higher expenses. Studies have highly increased, while wages have increased but not an equitable value to meet a college students’ expenses. In the article, The Reality of Free Community College Tuition, by Fran Cubberley, she presents both pro and con arguments in why it would be beneficial for our current and ongoing high school graduates to receive a free two-year education. The arguments made are: As a pro, students could avoid such costs as well as reduce the likelihood of…

Imagine a world where furthering an education after high school was simple and obtaining a degree was free. That would be every college student’s dream, right? Unfortunately, today colleges do not just let students walk out clear from any debt. Whether an individual is going to a four-year university or a two-year school, it is going to be rather costly in the end. Before deciding to go to Rowan College at Burlington County, I had hopes of attending a regular four-year school. That all changed…

while at school. My personality and lifestyle has molded itself around that concept-and I am much happier because of it! I can’t thank you enough for being an inspiration to me-and for pushing + motivating me. Most people believe that it is your college professors who you’ll remember the most. While there are some-I couldn’t…

In Paul Pain’s article “Two Years of Free Community College” tells about President Obama’s proposal to make community college free for two years for students. This would provide a higher education to be more accessible to people who want to further their education. Pain quotes Obama, “To make sure that community college was accessible to everyone…free for everybody who’s willing to work for it” (Para 2). The plan was based upon Tennessee’s Promise, where ninety percent of its 60,000 graduates…

Free Community College for All Millions looked onward, anticipating what issues the President would address in this year’s State of the Union, would it be ISIS, tax policy, immigration, or maybe healthcare. On January 20, 2015, President Obama at his State of the Union Address, shocked the nation by proposing free community college for all Americans. The proposal for free education is arguably the biggest attempt at economic and social reform we have seen since President Franklin Delano…

that showed how to use ethos, pathos, and logos correctly. The first article is “College Doesn’t Need to be Free” by Charles Lane, who argued why it is not a smart idea for the economy to make tuition free. The other article that counters Lane’s argument is “Why All Public Higher Education Should Be Free” by Bob Samuels, where he explains the pros of free education. I believe the article, “College Doesn’t Need to be Free,” is more persuasive because it has a stronger sense logos and ethos. Even…

Why give free college? While some argue that the government has already have too many expenses in there hands and not all taxpayers agree to this cause, yet there's still some benefits to it. America has have this debate some oppose or agree. The government should give free college as can be beneficial: can stop the boomerang generation from increasing or slow the rate of it, it matters in this day in age. Make it universal and make the rate of doctors and engineers and etc increase more.…

Sander, Students Falling for Sanders, and College Doesn’t Need to be Free. it discusses Senator Sanders and his plan towards free tuition. He feels that it is a good idea to offer this to in-state students for college. Some of the authors of the articles agree with the idea of free tuition. In two of the articles, it states that Senator Sanders had an idea to help the poor and middle-class college students to get free college tuition. The cost of college today is extremely high for some families…