Most of Oregon's free-tuition dollars aren't going to poor students

3/6/2017

Read the article found at the link above and answer the following questions in a response.
1) What are the pros/cons of this tuition experiment?
2) What choices need to be considered by Oregon legislators in regards to the tuition program's future?
3) Do you think it matters who receives most of the funding? Please explain.

10 Comments

Marlene Moravec

3/8/2017 09:33:09 am

Some pros are that more people are able to go to college and learn what they need to learn and jobs will increase in the long run. Cons include that the rich people have to pay for their college so they may move from the state and funds will decrease. They need to consider the income of each of the families but they should also look at the individual student for their test grades.. ect. to see if they are serious about being in college. They should also consider who pays for the college and how much each family pays. I think it matters because some people may be working off their college debt for a long amount of their life and others will not do much with their degrees afterward and that will be a waste of other people's money.

Autumn Marinelli

3/8/2017 09:03:20 pm

The pros to the tuition experiment are kids who weren't planning going to college are now going to college. People who can't afford it also are able to go to college and have an opportunity. On the other hand the tuition experiment can be bad because people are paying out of there pocket to the government so the schooling can be free for people who can't afford it and when people who don't need the aid use it it hurts the community. It makes people not want to take part and agree with these kinds of projects because it directly impacts them and not in a good way.
The Oregon legislators need to consider how to make the system so people who don't need the free tuition don't get in. To make sure that the kids can get through all their schooling and to motivate them to get a job and start paying on their own so they don't rely on the system forever.
I think it matters that people who don't need the funding are getting it. It's not fair for the people who need it and it will make people not want to support and give their tax money to the government for the system that isn't fair. It matters so that everyone is equal in their opportunity for their future.

Dylan Smock

3/14/2017 08:31:38 pm

The pros of this plan is that if a student was not planning on going or could not afford to go to college, now they can. Some cons though are that if a student can afford to enroll in college but they still take up the grant, that puts more stress on the people who are paying for it because someone who does not need the money takes it anyway. Some stuff that needs consideration is the wealth of the family of the student who is getting the money. They need to look deeper into it and see if that student really needs it or if it can go to another student who really needs it and that way more people can get an education. I really think it matters who gets the money because that way there is a fair chance for everybody to get an education. If you can afford it then you should let somebody who cannot get the money so the both of you get an education.

Kaitlin

3/21/2017 11:10:32 am

Some pros and cons of this tuition experiment are that students who would not have otherwise been able to afford college can now take college courses, which helps them in the future. Also, since this free tuition began there has been a higher amount of students registering for the colleges. Some cons are that there are students who could have already paid for college benefiting more than students who could have never afforded college without it.
I think the Oregon legislators need to keep in mind how many students could have already afforded college without it and to possibly even help with room and board fees in extreme cases.
I think that the lower class students should earn the most funding because they would no be able to afford college without it. The middle class should still get funding, but they could probably still afford some type of college funding on their own.

Alexus Garbacz

3/22/2017 02:22:37 pm

Pros are that kids that couldn't afford college can now go and get the education they deserve. Cons is that the richer kids get more money than the kids who could barley afford college, but I mean at least they get something rather than nothing. I believe that they should make it equal between the poor and the rich because it's not fair for one or the other. People don't have the money to pay for tuition, books, and just college in general. They need to consider the grades, and the gpa's of the students and their background and where they come from, what their income may be. If they can afford college, they should be able to pay for their college and everyone is complaining that spending money for the rich is okay but spending it for the poor, that there is better use of their money, and that is not okay. They need to encourage the student to go to college, the other states should be able to have tuition free schools because then that one state is going to be overloaded. Yes I believe it matters on how gets the most funding because it is not fair for the poor kids to not the money when they really need it. They could have a hard time with more than just college money, and the rich kids already get whatever they want.

Catalina Carbajal

3/24/2017 03:52:25 pm

A positive effect of Oregon's tuition program for community colleges is that people will be more likely to go to community college. When people continue their education further than high school, they are more likely to make more money which would benefit Oregon's economy as well. A downside to this program is that students who can afford community college are saving more than the students that this program was meant for. This beats the purpose of the program which was to level out the playing field. When Oregon’s legislators are discussing the tuition program's future, they should reconsider how much money is being put aside for the program if they don't feel it is successful. In my opinion, who benefits from free tuition doesn't matter. College is expensive for everyone and community college serves to alleviate that.

Kirsten Hage

4/3/2017 06:25:32 pm

Pros for this tuition experiment can be that it saves college students money but the cons from this tuition experiment is that rich college kids are get more of the tuition than the poor college kids. The choices that need to be considered by Oregon legislators in regards to the tuition program’s future are that the tuition should go to more poor college students and they need to consider that rich kids don’t really need this tuition. I think poor college students should get more of the tuition funding because they are the one’s who really need it. Also the rich college students can get by without the help of this tuition funding.

Dominique Blanco

5/22/2017 11:21:31 am

A positive pro is more people will end up going to a community college. Instead of not continuing their education beyond high school which will actually end up benefiting the Oregon's economy in the process. A downfall in my opinion would be all the people who still can't afford community college because it wouldn't help or benefit them at all of support them if they can't afford it still. They should consider the thought of who is paying for their education and how much other expenses they already have to be paying for too. I feel like it matters in my opinion because some people will end up having to pay off their debt compared to others.

Genna Ellingson

5/23/2017 10:11:46 pm

The pros of this experiment are that more students who did not have the funds to go to college in the first place are now pursuing their education, and for the students who perhaps did have the means to get the funds, it results in less student loans. A con would be that the community colleges will be losing funding from the richer students because they will not be paying their fair share of the tuition. Some choices that Oregon legislators need to consider are how much money the individual students have at their disposal. They also need to consider who in the student's family is paying for tuition. I believe it matters who recieves the funding as students who need it should have it made available to them, whereas students who can pay their tuition will only be detracting from the college's funds.

Yulisa Alcauter

12/8/2017 10:11:56 am

a positive about tuition free community college is that kids who were never going to go because of financial issues are now able to go and further their education. A negative about this is that kids who are more then well off able to pay for this are getting it for free therefor benefiting more than people with low income and who actually cannot afford this. The choices Oregon legislators need to consider in regards of this tuition programs future is the students who are getting it for free, grades, their families income , their gpa, and if they can fully afford it or not without free tuition. I do think it matters who receives most of the funding absolutely because there could be someone who really needs it rather than a kid who comes from a wealthy family who could easily pay that tuition whereas there are people who can truly not afford it. It would not be fair to just give that money away to someone who doe not need it.

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