A List of Reasons Why “Free Community College” Won’t Work
Here’s a list of the many reasons Obama’s free community college plan is a bad idea. Via the College Fix.
17 reasons why Obama’s ‘free community college’ plan is a really bad idea
The chorus of folks lampooning President Obama’s “free community college” plan – an obvious attempt to pander to liberals and young people as well as further grow the size and scope of the federal government – continues to mount ahead of the State of the Union speech on Jan. 20, when the president is slated to tout his proposal.
The plan, estimated to cost $60 billion over 10 years, has been roundly criticized not only for its sky-high price tag as this nation staggers under debt and unfunded mandates, but for many, many other reasons as well.
Writing in TownHall.com, editor Conn Carroll sums up six reasons:
1) It Isn’t Free …
2) It Will Drown Community Colleges In Red Tape …
3) Too Many High School Students Aren’t Prepared For Community College …
4) Community College’s Have A Poor Track Record …
5) “Free” Tuition Will Drive Up Costs …
6) Government Spending Crowds Out Private Sector Solutions …
Then, over at Forbes, comes another six reasons penned by Professor Richard Vedder of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity:
1. The diverse nature of U.S. higher education is one of its strengths –we have 50 different ways of providing postsecondary education, and the nation has benefited from having diverse approaches. …
2. Second, a significant portion of persons going to community colleges come from at least moderately affluent families, and subsidizing their education more than presently is a waste of resources. …
3. Third, the recent post-graduation job experience is not very good for community college graduates, perhaps one reason why the popularity of these schools is in decline, with enrollments down significantly in the past four years. …
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17 reasons why Obama’s ‘free community college’ plan is a really bad idea (The College Fix)
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The main reason it won’t work: it has nothing to do with education. Rather, it’s just another leftist scheme to keep young people dependent and juvenile – and propagandized.
Just imagine the ‘curriculum’ that will be ‘mandated.’
TANSTAAFL. There “ain’t” no such thing as a free lunch. So basic, yet so few Americans realize that everything has a cost. “Free” education is not free. It, like everything else, must be paid for. And the feds already spend more than they take in, so much of our spending is debt to be paid for by future generations. The good news is that Obama can’t do this with an executive order or memo and the proposal should die a quiet death in congressional committees in the now Republican controlled congress, as should all agendas and proposals for legislation coming from this lame duck and electorally rebuked president.