Sentences with phrase «make free community college»

As the Obama administration nears its end, second lady Jill Biden is still working hard to try to make free community college a reality across the U.S.,

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The American system of education makes it possible for a poor boy living in a great city to carry himself through college and even through certain professional schools free, whereas a similar boy living in a rural community will be Stopped alter high school by the costs of transportation to the state - college town and by the cost of board and food away from home.

New York Daily News article on BP Adams» effort to make CUNY's community colleges tuition - free: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/pols-propose-free-tutiion-plans-cuny-schools-blog-entry-1.2084301

At the time, Cuomo reportedly offered up to $ 500 million to make New York's community colleges tuition - free.

A new item for lawmakers will be Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's proposal to make state colleges tuition - free for some families, a plan he announced Tuesday at LaGuardia Community College.

When he visited Syracuse University in February, Schumer laid out the Reducing Educational Debt (RED) Act, a bill that would make the first two years of community college free.

Makes tuition free for New York state residents at SUNY and CUNY schools and community colleges; requires community service and state residency and employment for a period of five years after completion of academic program.

Making community college free for CUNY students would cost $ 138 to $ 232 million a year, according to a new report from the Independent Budget Office.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a proposal to make college tuition - free for New York's middle class at LaGuardia Community College in college tuition - free for New York's middle class at LaGuardia Community College in College in Queens.

With Cuomo's signature, New York will become the first state in the country to fund free tuition for students at community colleges or four - year public institutions, as long as their families make less than $ 125,000 a year.

The rest of the ad is made up of calls for progressive policies, including the expansion of Medicaid, funding for affordable housing and making community college and public trade school free.

When he visited Syracuse University in February, he held a brief press conference about the Reducing Educational Debt Act, a bill that would make the first two years of community college free, allow student loan borrowers to refinance at lower rates and increase the number of Pell Grants, which, unlike loans, do not have to be paid back.

At LaGuardia Community College in January, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced a proposal to make state colleges tuition - free.

Third, build off President Barack Obama's proposal for free community college and make CUNY and SUNY free, as they once were.

But President Obama finally decided to take us up on the editorial we published last summer on making community college free.

In the postsecondary space, the Gates Foundation made a number of grants — both directly and through NGLC — to intriguing ventures with the potential to improve education dramatically, including some of my disruptive favorites: start - up MyCollege Foundation, which will establish a non-profit college that blends adaptive online learning solutions with other services at a low cost; University of the People, the world's first tuition - free, non-profit, online academic institution dedicated to opening access to higher education globally; New Charter University, a competency - based university that charges only $ 199 per month for students seeking a degree and for which NGLC will fund a research study of its online students and a comparative one of students enrolled in a blended - learning environment delivered through a partnership with the Community College of the District of Columbia; Southern New Hampshire University, which under its President Paul LeBlanc has already created an autonomous online division and will now pioneer the «Pathways Project,» which will offer a self - paced and student - centric associates degree; and MIT, which will use the funds to create a free prototype computer science online course fcollege that blends adaptive online learning solutions with other services at a low cost; University of the People, the world's first tuition - free, non-profit, online academic institution dedicated to opening access to higher education globally; New Charter University, a competency - based university that charges only $ 199 per month for students seeking a degree and for which NGLC will fund a research study of its online students and a comparative one of students enrolled in a blended - learning environment delivered through a partnership with the Community College of the District of Columbia; Southern New Hampshire University, which under its President Paul LeBlanc has already created an autonomous online division and will now pioneer the «Pathways Project,» which will offer a self - paced and student - centric associates degree; and MIT, which will use the funds to create a free prototype computer science online course fCollege of the District of Columbia; Southern New Hampshire University, which under its President Paul LeBlanc has already created an autonomous online division and will now pioneer the «Pathways Project,» which will offer a self - paced and student - centric associates degree; and MIT, which will use the funds to create a free prototype computer science online course for edX.

Cuomo's plan, however, would be the first to make up to four years of college tuition - free, not just the first two years at community colleges.

In Maryland, Gov. Larry Hogan has signed a bill that will make community college free for qualifying families.

Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's plan includes «elevating» the teaching profession, rebuilding schools, breaking the school - to - prison pipeline, the expansion of affordable preschool and child care, and making college more affordable by offering free tuition at community colleges and four - year public universities.

Responding in part to the needs of employers, communities around the country are calling for plans to make at least the first few years of college very inexpensive or even free.

Wyner assesses free community college tuition as part of the next step in making a college degree a staple in the labor market as he explains, «With a college education becoming a baseline necessity for success in the job market, «tuition - free college» is the 21st - century equivalent of last century's push to create universal high school.»

Opponents of free community college question how affordable free community college tuition makes higher education for low - income students.

Those in support of free community college argue that if the new norm for entrants into the job market is a college degree, policymakers and higher education institutions should make tertiary education attainable for students.

In Maryland, Gov. Larry Hogan has signed a bill that will make community college free.

The administration promised $ 1 billion in new spending on preschool; spurred states to adopt controversial K - 12 reforms such as performance - based teacher evaluations and the adoption of the Common Core State Standards through its Race to the Top grant program and waivers to the No Child Left Behind law; significantly expanded the federal School Improvement Grant program to turn around low - performing schools; targeted for - profit colleges and attempted to increase accountability in the higher education sector; and pushed a proposal by the president to make community college free.

The free community college plan introduced by President Obama was not the worst proposal he has made this year, but it's bad enough, for a variety of reasons.

President Obama's new plan to make community college tuition - free seeks to alleviate this barrier, but the plan is not just about working with states to provide a more accessible college education.

Among its promises are that Democrats will support free community college for all, make it easier to repay student loans, allow borrowers with student loans to discharge their debts in bankruptcy if necessary, strengthen higher education schools that serve minorities, crack down on «for - profit schools that take millions in federal financial aid,» and continue to work to improve public schools by holding teachers and schools «accountable.»

● A proposal to make community college free, by offering federal matching grants to states that waive tuition and payments for eligible students.

Colleges and universities across the country, and some progressive states, are making college more affordable by funding scholarships, offering free tuition, and streamlining transfers for students moving from community college to four - year colleges and universities.

One local educator contends his charter school is working with community colleges to achieve the goal of making two years of tuition - free community college the norm for high school students, in line with President Obama's proposal.

To make the kind of lasting reforms that drive meaningful change, community college leaders must be prepared to break free of traditional conventions.

(District of Columbia) A survey by education experts suggests President Barack Obama's proposal to restrict commercial use of student data will gain the approval of Congress whereas his plan to make community college free is doomed to failure.

Or it could've covered making Northern Virginia community college tuition free for everyone.

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President Obama's plan to make two years of community college free for anyone who meets a few basic requirements has won praise from many education advocates.

He champions the idea of free, 2 - year community college which he is working to expand across the nation; he stated, «We made it happen in New Jersey... We need to show how this model can be applied across the United States.»

Clinton would reduce the cost of college by providing states with grants to support two years of tuition - free community college and / or four years of tuition - free education at in - state public colleges and universities for students from families making less than $ 125,000 (phased in over 4 years starting at $ 85,000), building on her promise to ensure access to «debt - free» college.

Clinton also wants to make community college free for everyone.

Imagine what those numbers would be if the first two years of community college — or any college, as Senator Bernie Sanders recently proposed — were made free.

President Obama recently introduced a proposal to make two years of community college free nationwide.