Yesterday, the President announced his “America’s College Promise” proposal. It makes two years of community college free for responsible students.
Yes, you read that right. Under his plan, any student who earns good grades would get two years of community college education at no cost.
Think about this: The President’s new proposal would let students earn the first half of a bachelor’s degree, or get the skills they’ll need when they enter the workforce after school.
When it’s fully implemented, the move could benefit about 9 million students per year. And a full-time community college student could save, on average, $3,800 in tuition each year.
In fact, Tennessee and Chicago have already started similar tuition-free community college programs, and the demand has been amazing: 57,000 students, representing almost 90 percent of Tennessee’s high school graduating class, applied to Tennessee’s program in just its first year.
In order to succeed in the 21st century economy, access to some form of higher education is a must — so it only stands to reason that we should make it more accessible and affordable to more of America’s students.
Let’s help out our next generation of students, and put them on the road to success.
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Thanks,
Arne
Secretary Arne Duncan
Department of Education
our great leader trying to make it affordable to get a college education i hope tuition and living expenses are covered because that is what costs so much i think in will be a computer fixer just another way our great leader is getting america back to work the greatest president of all times he looks after our black people
So when the Chinese pay for this it is “for free”. Send your children to college so they can learn all about drinking, drugs, sex and communism from all the liberal professors. College has to be the most over rated and over priced institution in the country today. And now it is financed by the US govt (via the Chinese and other creditors), what a racket! College isn’t about higher learning, it is all about the money – look at the cheating and racism in the sports programs at these “elite institutions”.
And in all fairness, community colleges can be a real value, teaching practical and trade professions at a reasonable cost, that don’t suffer from the money scheme found at the “elite universities”. Our local VGCC is certainly a fantastic resource for our community that shouldn’t be considered in the comment made that is awaiting moderation. But students still need to pay for it, not you and me as a gift ultimately financed by a foreign govt., adding to the federal deficit. If a state wants to come up with such a plan is one thing.