EDUC 628-Spring-08

 In response to Phaedrus post here about Mulling Tuition Policies, and the following excerpt from the article below.

These comments prompted a college official present to compare the attitudes being expressed about community college students with those expressed about top students. “Isn’t it in society’s interests to educate everybody?” he asked. “Or to educate the highly motivated or the wise and intelligent? I think it’s in society’s interest to educate everyone.”

I went to a community college and I got grants to cover my tuition for an Associate Degree.  I didn’t get very many C’s so I didn’t ever have to worry about maintaining a certain GPA, which I’m not sure that I had to have.  I do know that if I withdrew, or dropped a class that I would get put on financial aid probation. 

I tend to think that Community Colleges can get the shaft sometimes in terms of what kind of an education they are providing, and I disagree with these thoughts.  I went to a community College, and learned so much—so much more than I did in high school.  I didn’t try in high school though.  I wouldn’t be able to write today, if it weren’t for my English 102 teacher, and my Environmental Science teacher inspired me to further my education, which puts me here today.

I hope there are funds available for all students who want to get an education, and I think that perhaps in the first year maintaining a 2.0 could be a requirement for newcomers–first year incoming college freshman, and perhaps the second year a 2.5 for the Associate and the Scholarships could be available for 3.0 and above students– just some thoughts.