Tennessee Republican Gov. Haslam proposes free tuition free community college

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In a surprise announcement during his State of the State address Monday, Gov. Bill Haslam outlined a plan to expand the Tennessee Promise scholarship model to allow adults to attend community college tuition-free.

Before announcing the new scholarship for adults, Haslam emphasized the early success of Tennessee Promise, which has sent more than 33,000 high school students to community and technical colleges tuition-free since he proposed it during his 2014 State of the State speech. Expanding that model to adults, he said, was a natural next step.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/education/2017/01/30/haslam-outlines-expansion-tennessee-promise-scholarship/97149362/

When a visionary comes & proposed an idea, sometimes it catches on !

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California's tuition and fees for community colleges are less than the fees at many SUNYs that that Cuomo didn't cover any of. So if SUNYs are considered tuition free, than California community colleges should be too.

[Famous Mortimer]

I expect more Republicans to get behind this as times goes on, for the same reason I expect to see more Republicans get behind single payer healthcare:

It benefits middle class and upper middle class White people, who are the Republican base.

Most minorities already have the opportunity to get a government funded bachelors degree via Pell Grants.

Now middle class Whites (and the smaller groups of middle class African Americans and Hispanics) will be able to get free college as well. 

[RFayette]

I support this.  Community colleges in particular provide a pathway toward certification in the trades, which is very important.

[JA]

I'm not surprised why he's a popular governor. This is a very good proposal, especially considering he's a Republican.

[SoLongAtlas]

Good idea, ccs save a lot of money esp on pretty much useless gen eds that four year unis charge double or triple for.

[Inmate Trump]

But the "there's no such thing as free" argument is spat out every time a Democrat proposes this.

I'm waiting to hear his fellow Repulicans call him a socialist.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

But the "there's no such thing as free" argument is spat out every time a Democrat proposes this.

I'm waiting to hear his fellow Repulicans call him a socialist.

Or we could just...you know...give credit where credit is due.

[Rjjr77]

But the "there's no such thing as free" argument is spat out every time a Democrat proposes this.

I'm waiting to hear his fellow Repulicans call him a socialist.

there's no such thing as free.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

FF

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Oh, Haslam!  The fact that we have a budget surplus doesn't mean that we have to spend it all today!  If the government (federal and state) would get rid of every last bit of the social safety net and every last entitlement, poverty would be eradicated within five years (plus no one would have to pay more than 5% of their income in any form of taxation).

[Crumpets]

Cuck.

[Virginiá]

If the government (federal and state) would get rid of every last bit of the social safety net and every last entitlement, poverty would be eradicated within five years

Elaborate please

[Inmate Trump]

But the "there's no such thing as free" argument is spat out every time a Democrat proposes this.

I'm waiting to hear his fellow Repulicans call him a socialist.

Or we could just...you know...give credit where credit is due.

When was the last time a Republican gave credit where it was due?

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

If the government (federal and state) would get rid of every last bit of the social safety net and every last entitlement, poverty would be eradicated within five years

[Dr. Arch]

If the government (federal and state) would get rid of every last bit of the social safety net and every last entitlement, poverty would be eradicated within five years

lmao

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

If the government (federal and state) would get rid of every last bit of the social safety net and every last entitlement, poverty would be eradicated within five years

[Indy Texas]

I expect more Republicans to get behind this as times goes on, for the same reason I expect to see more Republicans get behind single payer healthcare:

It benefits middle class and upper middle class White people, who are the Republican base.

Most minorities already have the opportunity to get a government funded bachelors degree via Pell Grants.

Now middle class Whites (and the smaller groups of middle class African Americans and Hispanics) will be able to get free college as well. 

I'd venture to guess most upper middle class whites won't avail themselves of this.

There are "social capital costs" to going to a community college for two years and transferring to a four year-school. It's considered a negative when applying to graduate programs; many top-tier universities generally don't take many transfer students in general; people who rush fraternities and sororities generally do so as freshmen and sophomores; doing things like studying abroad for a summer term are more difficult to do. You'll still get a college degree, but you won't have many of the "soft signalers" that upper-middle class white people care about.

[ProudModerate2]

If the government (federal and state) would get rid of every last bit of the social safety net and every last entitlement, poverty would be eradicated within five years

lmao

Wait .... I don't know enough about this cartoon character, to understand what is going on.
Is it suppose to resemble a head-ache ?

[Dr. Arch]

If the government (federal and state) would get rid of every last bit of the social safety net and every last entitlement, poverty would be eradicated within five years

lmao

Wait .... I don't know enough about this cartoon character, to understand what is going on.
Is it suppose to resemble a head-ache ?

Patrick Star, from Spongebob, is extremely cognitively challenged, so to speak This .Gif is from an episode where his brain short circuits.

[ProudModerate2]

If the government (federal and state) would get rid of every last bit of the social safety net and every last entitlement, poverty would be eradicated within five years

lmao

Wait .... I don't know enough about this cartoon character, to understand what is going on.
Is it suppose to resemble a head-ache ?

Patrick Star, from Spongebob, is extremely cognitively challenged, so to speak This .Gif is from an episode where his brain short circuits.

Oh ... OK.
LOL.
8-)

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

They're so heavily subsidized that the only people being priced out are the very poor, who need these skills and classes the most.

It makes sense. Community Colleges are essentially government institutions already.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

If the government (federal and state) would get rid of every last bit of the social safety net and every last entitlement, poverty would be eradicated within five years

Elaborate please

well, you see, if the poors all die before the government has a chance to count them, then there's no poverty

[ProudModerate2]

If the government (federal and state) would get rid of every last bit of the social safety net and every last entitlement, poverty would be eradicated within five years

lmao

Wait .... I don't know enough about this cartoon character, to understand what is going on.
Is it suppose to resemble a head-ache ?

Patrick Star, from Spongebob, is extremely cognitively challenged, so to speak This .Gif is from an episode where his brain short circuits.

Oh ... OK.
LOL.
8-)

I wanted to learn more about Patrick Star, so I googled the name.
To my surprise there was a funny connection between Patrick Star and Russia (with all the recent Russia talk, I thought it more funny).
The article is titled "Vandals give Soviet star a SpongeBob SquarePants makeover."
You have to see the picture of what they did with this Soviet star ..... check it out .....
http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/14/world/vandals-give-soviet-star-a-spongebob-makeover-trnd/

(Now how-the-hell someone crawled up there ..... I have no idea.)

[Dr. Arch]

If the government (federal and state) would get rid of every last bit of the social safety net and every last entitlement, poverty would be eradicated within five years

lmao

Wait .... I don't know enough about this cartoon character, to understand what is going on.
Is it suppose to resemble a head-ache ?

Patrick Star, from Spongebob, is extremely cognitively challenged, so to speak This .Gif is from an episode where his brain short circuits.

Oh ... OK.
LOL.
8-)

I wanted to learn more about Patrick Star, so I googled the name.
To my surprise there was a funny connection between Patrick Star and Russia (with all the recent Russia talk, I thought it more funny).
The article is titled "Vandals give Soviet star a SpongeBob SquarePants makeover."
You have to see the picture of what they did with this Soviet star ..... check it out .....
http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/14/world/vandals-give-soviet-star-a-spongebob-makeover-trnd/

LMAO! Wow, that's amazing. Your random search ventures always yield something interesting.