Community College Should Be Free

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Community college should be free
Introduction
The concerns over the rising cost of higher education have been on the rise in the recent times. Some people have argued to the effect that community colleges should be free while others have expressed their views to that education at this level should not be free. Both sides have had their say and none can be said to be better unless it is aligned to a particular situation. This paper presents a Rogerian argument on whether community college should be for free. Many factors that are considered in coming up with educational decisions have been considered as the basis for the stipulated arguments.
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Regardless of the different stances concerning the payment of fees in community colleges, there is a mutual consensus on the importance of the community colleges. The community colleges have been lauded to offer the educational requirements needed in different fields so as to supplement the education offered at the universities. This aspect is more analyzed in the view of the predictable turn of job requirements that are likely to need more of college education than is the case today. Despite the potential that community colleges offer on the improvement of education, the rising costs of them have prevented many students from attending. Those who attend have been forced to pay so much that there are cases of dropout due to lack of fees. This is so especially due to the economic fall-downs and the ever increasing cost of living.
Bray, Mark & Ora (2013) maintain that; despite the crucial role played by the community colleges, it is arguable whether those learning institutions should be for free. Payment of fees in the community colleges has been seen as the way to sustain the costs of both the tuition as well as the developments. The main point of argument over the view that community colleges should not be free emanate from the predicted high cost of running those institutions. This has made the opponents of the proposal that Community College should be free argue on the basis of the burden that implementation of such proposal would have on the state in terms of funding it.
The community colleges require huge funding in terms of payment for the tutoring personnel. Those require higher level of salaries due to the fact that they have higher education compared to the tutors in the elementary schools. Therefore, the magnitude of the tutors’ salary cost is not the same as in the elementary schools. The community colleges pose a higher demand in terms of funds than the lower levels of education. Making them free would therefore mean a huge burden to the government which may not be sustainable in the long run.
Kimball (2014) observes that; it is a fact that the community colleges also require huge funding in terms of developing and maintaining the facilities. These include the tutoring halls and the equipment utilized in the community colleges. The level of education at this stage, require more facilities and equipment than in the elementary level of education. Hence, making the education free at this level would mean a very big burden to the state.
It can also be argued that, considering the amount of...