Persuasive Essay On Community College

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Gerardine Elie English 098/099, Section 166 Essay 1 Final Draft How do you feel about Obama proposing that students should have the opportunity to attend community college for free for two years? I feel that this is a very controversial topic and it can go either way.On January 20th, 2015, during his State of the Union, President Obama proposed making community college tuition free for two years. Or as he put it in the speech, “to lower the cost of community college — to zero.” This proposal is a great approach to boost college graduation rates and it allows students to educate themselves and not have to worry about tuition. But Obama’s proposal has some positives and negatives to it. With Obama’s proposal students will learn to be responsible and have goals and students will become more educated. Students eligible for the free tuition will have requirements to follow. This is great because in order to continue receiving the free community college education, students have to maintain a 2.5 GPA. They must also show steady progress throughout their two years. Students will have to begin to learn how to keep track of their grades and be accountable for themselves. This can have a powerful effect on students who never had to be accountable and…show more content…
The budget for this proposal will have some serious issues. Taxes and government spending will increase tremendously. Obama proposes that the government will have to pay $6 billion for 10 years, states the Washington Post, for the free tuition program. Colleges’ revenue will not increase with the influx of new students. The money will simply replace the tuition students were already going to pay. States would be required to pay for one-quarter of this tuition subsidy. Taxes will be raised in a significant way. Some taxpayers who are already paying towards high school educations most likely won’t want to pay for another student’s college education as
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