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Tennessee Governor Unveils Bold “Free” College Plan

Gov. Bill Haslam unveiled a bold plan Monday to offer every Tennessean without a post-secondary degree a chance to attend a state community college for free. The Reconnect Tennessee Act would expand Tennessee Promise, which was the first program of its kind in this nation to offer two free years of tuition and fees for […]

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Starting at Community College Key to Affordability

Pursuing higher education is an expensive endeavor. In an increasingly competitive world it is perceived that a four-year college degree is vital to succeed. These perceptions in part fueled the acquisition of now sky-high student loan debt. Yet the pragmatic among us see that neither attending college nor refusing to seems to result in a […]

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Looking at Both Sides of the Ledger

Should college students pay more for tuition and fees, thus increasing their debt to help the Legislature pay for its poor budgeting practices? Should citizens looking to settle a civil suit wait months longer to have their day in court to help the legislature pay for its poor budgeting practices? Should the elderly be denied […]

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Is Gun Carry Law a Threat to Students?

Imagine you’re a parent of a typical 15-year-old girl. Her world revolves around school, friends and boys. Most Friday and Saturday nights, you drop her off at the mall or the movie theater for a couple of hours. She’s taking driver’s ed and dreams of having a car. Now imagine that your daughter comes to […]

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No Free Lunch

Economist Milton Friedman said “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” Yet, last week, our governor introduced his Free College Tuition Plan. Like others I know who attended college, I paid tuition with a combination of work/study, scholarships, grants, loans and family assistance. Nobody I know got “free” tuition paid entirely by others. To […]

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Legislative Silliness in Arizona

The legislative session is barely two weeks old and we’re already seeing some wild and wacky bills. Two have come from a Flagstaff representative, both targeting education. In his first bill, Rep. Bob Thorpe wants to make it illegal for state secondary schools to offer in-state tuition rates to “dreamers,” children of illegal immigrants. If […]

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What Community Colleges Should Be

I love community colleges. My mother spent her career as a faculty member at Toronto’s George Brown College where she taught sociology and courses to nursing students on dealing with death and dying, which led to many grim but memorable conversations around the house. But we all recognized that community college paid for our hockey […]

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The Stigma of Community College

There is a certain stigma associated with going to a community college. Someone who plans on attending a community college is often seen as not smart enough or too poor to get into a university. When we think of a community college we often think of a boring school experience. Most people associate going to […]

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What’s Next for Public Higher Education?

On January 3, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a plan to make New York State and City colleges tuition-free for all students whose families earn less than $125,000 per year. Cuomo made the announcement while standing alongside Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who had made free college tuition and reduced student debt a key part […]

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U.S. Needs More Colleges

The idea of free college, one of the pillars of Bernie Sanders’ unsuccessful presidential bid, hasn’t been discarded in the wake of the 2016 election. Recently, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo released a plan to make all public colleges in that state free for residents whose families earn less than $125,000 a year. The policy […]

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Free College: Devil Is in the Details

On Tuesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed a plan that would provide free tuition to low- and middle-income New Yorkers to state colleges and universities. Flanked by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders during a press conference at LaGuardia Community College in Queens, Cuomo said the program would make state colleges and universities tuition-free to any family earning […]

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5 Issues Lawmakers Could Tackle: Community Colleges Are No. 1

Lawmakers in Columbus and Washington, D.C. have several items on their agenda as they head back to work this month and some could be problems in higher education. With newly elected leaders being sworn in, some longstanding issues in higher education could pop up again and some new ones may get some attention in 2017. […]

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