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New Mexico Announces Plan for Free College for State Residents
New York Times ^ | Septemberr 18, 2019 | Simon Romero and Dana Goldstein

Posted on 09/18/2019 7:53:39 AM PDT by karpov

ALBUQUERQUE — In one of the boldest state-led efforts to expand access to higher education, New Mexico is unveiling a plan on Wednesday to make tuition at its public colleges and universities free for all state residents, regardless of family income.

The move comes as many American families grapple with the rising cost of higher education and as discussions about free public college gain momentum in state legislatures and on the presidential debate stage. Nearly half of the states, including New York, Oregon and Tennessee, have guaranteed free two- or four-year public college to some students. But the New Mexico proposal goes further, promising four years of tuition even to students whose families can afford to pay the sticker price.

The program, which is expected to be formally announced by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday and still requires legislative approval, would apply to all 29 of the state’s two- and four-year public institutions. Long one of the poorest states in the country, New Mexico plans to use climbing revenues from oil production to pay for much of the costs.

Some education experts, presidential candidates and policymakers consider universal free college to be a squandering of scarce public dollars, which might be better spent offering more support to the neediest students.

But others say college costs have become too overwhelming and hail the many drives toward free tuition.

“I think we’re at a watershed moment,” said Caitlin Zaloom, a cultural anthropologist at New York University who has researched the impact of college costs on families. “It used to be that a high school degree could allow a young adult to enter into the middle class. We are no longer in that situation. We don’t ask people to pay for fifth grade ...”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New Mexico
KEYWORDS: college; educationfunding; freecollege
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To: Larry Lucido

“New Mexico plans to use climbing revenues from oil production”

Um, yeah. About that....

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“Bill would freeze fracking permits during impact study(NM Environuts find way to pluck Golden Goose)”

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41 posted on 09/18/2019 12:20:02 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Lurker

It’s great! Finally I get something for all the tens of thousands of property taxes I’ve been paying. And I have two kids ready to go to college.


42 posted on 09/18/2019 1:40:38 PM PDT by refermech
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To: bgill

Texas has no income tax, so...


43 posted on 09/18/2019 1:49:38 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: karpov

NM guvner is very busy choking out the mining, oil and gas and fracking businesses in her state. Wonder what wellspring of money she foresees to pay for it? One of the poorest states and tax hikes won’t make it, hardly any taxpayers left, just entitlement spenders. I assume she sees a great influx of federal school grant money heading her way.


44 posted on 09/18/2019 1:50:34 PM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: mewzilla

Section 505 of the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) states, “an alien who is not lawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible on the basis of residence within a State (or a political subdivision) for any postsecondary education benefit unless a citizen or national of the United States is eligible for such a benefit (in no less an amount, duration, and scope) without regard to whether the citizen or national is such a resident.”


Wow. There’s a law that’s being routinely ignored!


45 posted on 09/18/2019 2:04:39 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Flaming Conservative

Laws are for Republicans.

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46 posted on 09/18/2019 2:08:53 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: karpov
When they say free education for all, I hear big Raises for all educators and administrators.
With more students we will need more teachers. To attract more teachers we will have to raise salaries and benefits.
47 posted on 09/18/2019 2:15:14 PM PDT by oldbrowser (The government did not create the people. The people created the government..)
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To: Flaming Conservative

But Texas allows for 10% hike in property tax every year. Do you get a 10% pay raise to keep up with it?


48 posted on 09/18/2019 4:02:43 PM PDT by bgill
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To: karpov

It’s “free” here in Georgia as long as you have and maintain a GPA over 3-3.2 (it’s changed over the years). It’s called the Hope Scholarship and the lottery pays for it. I have a child who attended Georgia Tech for 4 years and we didn’t pay a dime of tuition. Our only costs were books, fees and room and board.


49 posted on 09/18/2019 4:07:51 PM PDT by BelleAl (Proud to be a member of the party of NO! NO more deficit spending and government control!)
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To: karpov
New Mexico is unveiling a plan on Wednesday to make tuition at its public colleges and universities free for all state residents, regardless of family income.

And how do they plan on limiting attendance? Are illegals eligible for this? You establish NM residence just by officially moving there, so what are they gonna do when thousands of kids move to NM to get free college? How are they gonna pay for all that? How are the schools gonna handle the huge influx of students?
50 posted on 09/22/2019 11:38:59 AM PDT by Svartalfiar
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To: karpov

Great we will educate our kids so they can move to another state that has jobs.


51 posted on 09/23/2019 7:32:22 PM PDT by oldbrowser (The government did not create the people. The people created the government..)
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To: karpov

Free-college experiment (in Tennessee) proves it isn’t the magic bullet Democrats promise
https://www.wnd.com/2019/12/tennessees-free-college-experiment-proves-isnt-magic-bullet-dems-promise/


52 posted on 12/09/2019 5:02:41 PM PST by tbw2
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