Obama wants 2 FREE years of Community college for all students!

[Valli6]

Because graduating from the 14th grade will make all the difference!

Obama to propose two free years of community college for students
By ALLIE GRASGREEN 1/8/15
President Barack Obama on Friday will propose making two years of community college free for students.

In a White House video posted Thursday evening, Obama said he wanted to offer “a little preview” of his plans for the Jan. 20 State of the Union address.

“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,” Obama said. “It’s something we can accomplish, and it’s something that will train our workforce so that we can compete with anybody in the world.”

The proposal would make two years of community college free for students with a C+ average who attend school at least half-time and who are making “steady progress” toward their degree.

Obama will visit Pellissippi Community College in Tennessee on Friday. Beginning this year, any state high school graduate is eligible for two years of free community college tuition under the Tennessee Promise.

Federal funding would cover three-quarters of the average cost of community college, and Obama is asking states to pick up the rest of the tab — assuming Congress agrees to the plan in the first place.

“I hope we’ve got the chance to make sure that Congress gets behind these kinds of efforts to make sure that even as we rebound and grow in 2015, that it benefits everybody and not just some,” the president said in the video.

To be eligible, community colleges would have to offer academic programs that fully transfer credits to local public four-year colleges and universities or training programs with high graduation rates that lead to in-demand degrees and certificates. Community colleges must also adopt “promising and evidence-based institutional reforms” to improve student outcomes.

If all 50 states participate, the proposal could benefit 9 million students each year and save students an average of $3,800 in tuition, the White House said.
Nirvi Shah contributed to this report.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/barack-obama-free-community-college-114094.html?hp=l3_4

 

[heavenlyboy34]

I've never done the math, but I think it's impossible to finish a 2 year degree/cert taking less than full loads (12 credits minimum, in my state). Correct me if I'm wrong here.

 

[alucard13mm]

Community college is pretty cheap... It costs like what? 400-600USD a SEMESTER (most community colleges go by semester system). Might as well make all college free... lol

Republicans should say... WELL WHY NOT FREE 4 YEAR UNIVERSITY?!?!

 

[Valli6]

Free Harvard! Free Yale! Free Columbia!

Republicans should say... WELL WHY NOT FREE 4 YEAR UNIVERSITY?!?!

Yeah, he should insist on a free Harvard Education for all - like he had!
Surely progressive professors everywhere are willing to work for free, to ensure a quality education for everyone! Anything less is just racist!

 

[TomKat]

Are community colleges funded by tax payers or are they private institutions?
If they are tax funded then this makes sense and I wouldn't have spent thousands to figure out that college wasn't for me because I would have been spending the money that I already paid for this service.
If they are private, then this is just another service that the taxpayers are expected to pay the bill for and "the taxes are too damn high!!!".

 

[specsaregood]

Because graduating from the 14th grade will make all the difference!

sorta makes sense in a way:

State legislators were appalled in 2006 to discover that almost 30 percent of the 1,680 new NJSTARS community college scholarship recipients, who by definition were in the top 20 percent of their high school graduating class, had to take at least one remedial course.

http://m.pressofatlanticcity.com/ne...cle_b443e028-609a-11df-a2ef-001cc4c002e0.html

I mean they've done such a bang up job of running the high schools that they almost have to add 2 more years just to make sure the top HS graduates can pass remedial tests, not even including the middle/bottom half of graduates.

 

[69360]

He's already nearly doubled the national debt, who's paying for this new bit of socialism?

 

[DamianTV]

He's already nearly doubled the national debt, who's paying for this new bit of socialism?

Want to see how expensive something can become? Just wait until it is FREE. So how is Obamacare working out for folks? Where did all the Full Time Jobs go? Hmmm....

 

[specsaregood]

He's already nearly doubled the national debt, who's paying for this new bit of socialism?

You must be using old math. This is new math; nobody is paying for it, its "free"!

 

[alucard13mm]

Okay Okay Mr Obama. As long as the money isn't going to people studying for art or music or some bullshit like that. Only have it for people who want to study under a S.T.E.M subject.

 

[phill4paul]

By "free" I assume, or should say the image that comes to mind, is individuals volunteering their time because the free market has been so good to them that they can retire at 40 years old and give their free tie to those coming up. Apprentice. At one time the moniker meant something true and noble. Master/Teacher. Ditto.

 

[brandon]

Community college is pretty cheap... It costs like what? 400-600USD a SEMESTER (most community colleges go by semester system). Might as well make all college free... lol

Yea... and even moreso poor people can usually already get FAFSA to pay for the 400 bucks if they can't muster it themselves.

 

[muh_roads]

“...so that we can compete with anybody in the world.”

Is this an admission that 'merica is no longer foam finger #1?

If they actually cared about competing, they would repeal NAFTA. Instead they want to outsource office jobs now with TPP.

 

[amy31416]

Great. A whole new crop of 2yr "business" degree students who can't do shit with it. One of the few decent things about the public schools here is that you can take trade courses at the community college that count toward graduation from HS and getting an advanced degree in something like nursing. It provides a good way to work through college while getting experience in your field of choice.

 

[ghengis86]

Community college is pretty cheap... It costs like what? 400-600USD a SEMESTER (most community colleges go by semester system). Might as well make all college free... lol

Republicans should say... WELL WHY NOT FREE 4 YEAR UNIVERSITY?!?!

If I remember, it cost me $50-100 per credit hour for classes I took in during the summer. I used community college as a cheap alternative to take care of 'core' classes.

 

[phill4paul]

“...so that we can compete with anybody in the world.”

Is this an admission that 'merica is no longer foam finger #1?

If they actually cared about competing, they would repeal NAFTA. Instead they want to outsource office jobs now with TTP.

We have game foamies....

So why are there no gang foamies.....

Someones dropping the ball.

 

[amy31416]

Gangbangers now wear socks with sandals?

Odd.

 

[phill4paul]

Gangbangers now wear socks with sandals?

Odd.

I didn't notice the sandals. Or the hand sign. That's just how I roll.

"I noticed your sidearm under your t-shirt. Because your T-shirt was tucked behind the handle of your sidearm. Why are you threatening me with your belly button?"

 

[catfeathers]

Community college is pretty cheap... It costs like what? 400-600USD a SEMESTER

$400 - $600 MIGHT cover the books for one semester.

 

[DamianTV]

Yeah, this is gonna solve the LACK OF JOBS problems. Why is it that we have had a 71% increase in people with college educations working at Minimum Wage jobs since 2007? It isnt the education that is holding people back, it is the LACK OF JOBS.