Posted on 01/03/2017 5:31:30 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee
Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to make free tuition a reality at New York's public colleges.
Students whose families earn $125,000 or less would pay nothing for tuition at two- and four-year public colleges under the governor's plan.
It's similar to what Hillary Clinton proposed for public colleges across the country during her presidential campaign.
Cuomo announced his proposal in Queens on Tuesday, alongside Senator Bernie Sanders who first advocated for free tuition during the 2016 presidential campaign.
"In this economy, you need a college education if you're going to compete," Cuomo said in front of a crowd at LaGuardia Community College.
"It's incredibly hard and getting harder to get a college education today. It's incredibly expensive and debt is so high it's like starting a race with an anchor tied to your leg," he said. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...
FREE !
It’s up to the taxpayers, but if a State wants to do that that’s great.
I bet out of state tuition will be astronomical though ... unless you are undocumented.
Look for hundreds of thousands of new graduates with degrees in art history, womyn studies, chicano studies, etc.etc.
Ah, more government mandated “free” stuff. Food, health care, housing, schooling, sex change operations, etc., etc. How did people live before government made things free?
If NYers want to foot the bill. Have at it.
2012 Data for NYS
New York
Total Debt - $387,465,667,000
Debt per Capita - $19,799
https://ballotpedia.org/New_York_state_budget_and_finances
NY should decree that all the other states should have free tuition.
So glad we got outta there!
FREE! FREE! From New York's MONEY TREE! No one pays, we just pluck a few million more when we need it!
FREE!!!!
My understanding is that those countries that provide free college educations to students, only do so after those prospective students have passed a battery of tests and are then only sent to the appropriate college or trade school.
If any state, or the Feds, decided to pay for college for anyone with a C- GPA or better then get ready for waste, fraud, and abuse that would make Animal House look like a Quaker prayer meeting.
A gift to the teachers union and university administrations...
>>NY should decree that all the other states should have free tuition.<<
No, that is something California would do. California decides federal policy, didn’t you hear>
Absolutely correct!
You can expect new rackets will appear that provide out-of-staters with fabricated documents showing they are life-long residents.
Testing is sorely needed.
I provided tutoring services when in college and was paid by different departments.
Most of my students were free-ride single moms and free ride for other reasons students.
Some just needed help understanding a concept.
But the vast majority didn’t understand basic issues. Not because they were undereducated, but because they lacked the firepower.
I would sit down with their profs and explain the issues and leave it to the profs to help them find another educational alternative. Like daycare provider.
Wow, he must have Professors slashing their own salaries.
When everyone is “educated,” who is going to work the deli counters and hot dog carts? I’ll have it with onion relish!
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