The Viability of Tuition-Free Community College

Autor/in	Ison, Matthew P.
Titel	The Viability of Tuition-Free Community College
Quelle	In: Educational Policy, 36 (2022) 5, S.1054-1077 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ison, Matthew P.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-9048
DOI	10.1177/0895904820951119
Schlagwörter	Tuition; Community Colleges; Student Financial Aid; Educational Policy; Costs; Barriers; Disproportionate Representation; Debt (Financial); Economic Factors; Political Influences; Access to Education; Higher Education; State Aid; Educational Finance + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unterweisung; Unterricht; Community college; Community College; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Cost; Kosten; Ökonomischer Faktor; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsfonds
Abstract	Free higher education has become a major policy discussion of the past few years, one that is often debated or supported along partisan lines. Those supporting this policy initiative often point to the rising cost of a college education and the barrier it creates for underrepresented populations hoping to access higher education. Others point to a broken financial aid system that leaves more individuals financing their education through student loans, adding to a massive national loan debt now exceeding a trillion dollars. Various arguments for and against a free-tuition program within the American higher education system are addressed. While an argument can be made that all public American higher education should be tuition-free, limiting a large-scale federal program to the American community college has economic and political implications that could make the policy more feasible for a larger percentage of the American public. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01