I'm surprised I haven't seen anybody say something about this:
Personally, I think we need to fix our under-performing high school's first. Many colleges have to set up classes, just to teach some of these students things they should have learned back in high school. While I do understand these classes are important for adults that have been out of school for awhile; why do fresh high school grads need to take these same courses? I think this is just a bad idea until the performance issues of our high schools are fixed.
As expected, President Obama outlined his proposal to offer two years of free community college tuition for students, first detailed two weeks ago in Tennessee. Or as he put it in the speech, “to lower the cost of community college — to zero.”
Modeled on that state’s guarantee of two years of free community college courses, the plan would provide tuition-free classes for students going to school at least half time who maintain a GPA of 2.5 or higher and are making steady progress toward a degree or transferring to a four-year institution.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/...-union-speech/
Modeled on that state’s guarantee of two years of free community college courses, the plan would provide tuition-free classes for students going to school at least half time who maintain a GPA of 2.5 or higher and are making steady progress toward a degree or transferring to a four-year institution.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/...-union-speech/
Personally, I think we need to fix our under-performing high school's first. Many colleges have to set up classes, just to teach some of these students things they should have learned back in high school. While I do understand these classes are important for adults that have been out of school for awhile; why do fresh high school grads need to take these same courses? I think this is just a bad idea until the performance issues of our high schools are fixed.
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