Free college tuition

[GNG]

they should have enough balls to tag me then.

I'll give you a clue, it's another Nebraska fan.

 

[seahawksfan234]

Free community college makes plenty of sense for a variety of different reasons.

I support more government funding of college tuition on some levels, but I somewhat disagree with free community college. This is purely a anecdotal example, but the data probably backs this up:

In High School I participated in a program that Washington state has called Running Start. As a junior in high school if you test well enough, you can take your junior and senior year classes at a community college and receive an AA along with your HS diploma tuition free. I think it's a great program, but I noticed that a lot of people who weren't in running start seemed to flame out pretty quickly and never complete their AA.

A lot of people I encountered were people who weren't necessarily academically inclined and were in community college simply because they weren't really sure what else to do.

I would support a program funding community college and trade schools contingent on degree completion. Hypothetically let's say offering low interest loans to pay for the cost with the guarantee that upon degree completion those loans would be wiped out.

 

[huskers1217]

I'll give you a clue, it's another Nebraska fan.

@gobigred is a closet Tejas fan

 

[gobigred]

@gobigred is a closet Tejas fan

Ghey. That’s below the belt. You are the one that lives in Tejas and never comes to Huskers games. I have Husker season tickets and go to every home games

 

[seahawksfan234]

Very.


You can transfer to other instutions is the real trick to CC’s if you’re going there out of HS. If done correctly- you can knock out a lot of Gen ed stuff for cheap and focus on your major at a 4 yr school.

When I have kids I'd probably encourage them to do 2 years at a community college then transfer to a four year institution. You save a lot of money knocking out those two years at CC tuition costs.

As I mentioned in a previous post, I did CC when I was in high school and I actually felt the quality of education was on par with a major university, if not better. It's not a knock on UW, but community colleges have smaller classes and the instructors I had were just as qualified as the professors I had at UW. Most professors at top universities are there for their research, not for their teaching ability. Many of the professors I had at Bellevue College (formerly Bellevue Community College) had PhDs, but were at a community college because they wanted to focus on teaching, not research.

One of my friends/mentors is a professor at TCU and I've been trying to encourage him to consider teaching at a CC because he's the best teacher I've ever seen, but he doesn't pump out academic papers because he doesn't really enjoy it and in all honesty he's not that good at it. As a result he doesn't get paid much and doesn't have tenure or any form of job security.

 

[PEOPLESCHICKEN]

That would be great

It is a very cost effective way to earn a degree. That's why a lot of the state schools are hurting

 

[Southieinnc]

I'm iffy affy on this.

In one hand. It creates opportunities for people who don't have any

There are other issue, redseat pointed out. Who is rooting the bill???

Who is paying the professors or instructors????

I think that there are two endgame issues if it does happen.

Businesses are not going to look fondly on these. The students will have their dead end jobs.

And

Where does it end. Next thing that will be complained about is the workload

Why pay these fuckers? They're all socialists anyways! Let em' work for free!!!!!

 

[SteelersPride]

It is a very cost effective way to earn a degree. That's why a lot of the state schools are hurting

Absolutely

 

[PhoenixEagles1]

It is a very cost effective way to earn a degree. That's why a lot of the state schools are hurting

One of the issues are when you transfer from CC to University so many of the credits don’t transfer into your University program. Counselors at CC always say, “Yes, this course will transfer but so often the University doesn’t accept it in your chosen major.

 

[SteelersPride]

One of the issues are when you transfer from CC to University so many of the credits don’t transfer into your University program. Counselors at CC always say, “Yes, this course will transfer but so often the University doesn’t accept it in your chosen major.

In all honesty all mine did. A lot have contracts with certain schools that they have to accept them

 

[PhoenixEagles1]

In all honesty all mine did. A lot have contracts with certain schools that they have to accept them

That’s the trick. They accept them but they don’t necessarily accept that class for your major. Like ASU accepts anatomy and physiology but their science program requires different science classes than anatomy and phys.

 

[fordman84]

@fordman84 GnG wants an IP check on me

Negative, you do not live in Texas. According to your IP you reside in the head of some bloke in WI.

 

[SteelersPride]

That’s the trick. They accept them but they don’t necessarily accept that class for your major. Like ASU accepts anatomy and physiology but their science program requires different science classes than anatomy and phys.

i dunno maybe different areas? i know my local comunity college had contracts with like 10-12 schools that they too every credit, period

 

[PhoenixEagles1]

i dunno maybe different areas? i know my local comunity college had contracts with like 10-12 schools that they too every credit, period

That’s great. In my experience in PA and AZ it wasn’t like that. Temple U took like 1/2 my CC credits. Total bummer. CC tell you that you need 6 credits in humanities and when I transferred Temple had their own humanities called “Intellectual Heritage”. Still pissed haha.
What I told kids was if you want to go to ASU eventually get their course requirement and ONLY take those at CC. Don’t go for the associates, just take 60 credits in identical classes from the ASI major list of classes.

 

[SteelersPride]

That’s great. In my experience in PA and AZ it wasn’t like that. Temple U took like 1/2 my CC credits. Total bummer. CC tell you that you need 6 credits in humanities and when I transferred Temple had their own humanities called “Intellectual Heritage”. Still pissed haha.
What I told kids was if you want to go to ASU eventually get their course requirement and ONLY take those at CC. Don’t go for the associates, just take 60 credits in identical classes from the ASI major list of classes.

yeah i guess u gotta know what ur doing. Im in pgh, and i transferred mine to pitt. I know that did psu, WVU, some bigger schools

 

[PhoenixEagles1]

yeah i guess u gotta know what ur doing. Im in pgh, and i transferred mine to pitt. I know that did psu, WVU, some bigger schools

The Panthers!

 

[SteelersPride]

The Panthers!

good undergrad, overrated grad schol

 

[PhoenixEagles1]

good undergrad, overrated grad schol

Just the opposite of Temple

 

[SteelersPride]

well its usually the ghigher education that matters

 

[Pure Steel]

The Panthers!

Faber College!