The topics of high student debt and making college accessible for all took center stage this week as President Obama announced his #FreeCommunityCollege proposal. Though there’s no way of knowing whether this proposal will ever come to fruition, but it certainly stirred up an array of opinions from all sides.
So it’s only natural that we start this week’s blog by spotlighting some of these opinions, which represent sectors from economists to university presidents.
Here are just a few of the many opinions making front-page news this week:
- Why It’s Not a Good Investment: Forbes
- Does “Free” Really Mean Free? Washington Post
- Giving 20-Somethings More Options: Jeff Selingo
- What Would This Mean for Community College Instructors? The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Even actor Tom Hanks has his say
What are your thoughts about the #FreeCommunityCollege proposal? We’d love to hear them on Twitter!
Here are some of the other posts of interest I found among the interwebs this week:
- What’s on 2015 must-do lists for college IT leaders according to Educause? Read the Top 10
- What are the drawbacks of purely online courses?
- Why Silicon Valley is still hot for education technology
- A bright employment outlook in store for university graduates in UK
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