Pros And Cons Of Obama's Free Community College

For many years, students have been pouring money into the bank accounts owned by colleges. Tuition, fees, books, dorm rooms, school lunches, and classes; these numbers all add up. Ranging from $9,000 all the way up to $31,000 per year for an average state college. People who've graduated from college are putting money back into their student loans rather than the economy. In the United States of America, legislation needs to be passed, resulting in post secondary and continuing education courses free to citizens.

Obama’s Free Community College Plan is a bill waiting to be processed through Congress enabling post-secondary education to be a little or no cost to students. The bill consists of the federal government and states splitting the cost of subsidizing tuition, leaving the students to pay zero. The estimated cost of the Obama’s plan is $80 billion in just over ten years. States would pay 25 percent of the bills while the government pays the remaining 75 percent. Students would be required to maintain a 2.5 grade point average and remain on track for a degree to get the benefits. Obama’s Free Community College Plan would

Community college can benefit society in several ways. “Higher education is correlated with lifestyle changes that end up costing society less for health costs, crime, unemployment, and the skills students acquire at community colleges benefit businesses by increasing worker productivity...” observes Kate Wheeling, Miller-McCune Center for Research. The increased business productivity, along with the higher wages community college graduates earn, benefit society as a whole by raising money and strengthening the