English
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Muammer Akgun
Prof. Hornyak
ESL 51-42YA
Documented Argument Essay, Draft 2
3 Dec. 2021
Should Public College be Free?
Public college should be free as a social incentive that will allow college graduates to
land job opportunities that earn them more than non-graduates to ensure social inequalities.
Public colleges offering free courses will ensure that students can register and undertake courses
that will allow them to become competitive relative to their colleagues who can foot the school
bills (Perna et al., 2017). Hence, free public colleges will ensure that society will experience
improvement of social welfare since everyone will be able to sustain themselves and reduce the
dependency ratio. Additionally, with better-paying jobs, people will be able to contribute to the
national revenue through their taxes, ensuring the nation will grow and have all the needed
public goods essential to sustain people.
Consequently, most jobs require a college degree in contemporary society which makes it
a necessity to qualify. Thereby, making the public colleges offer their services free will ensure
that the society can produce individuals who meet the demand of having people who have
degrees for the jobs which are floated. It will allow people to be in employment, which will
reduce the problems that would arise due to lack of jobs, such as crimes. Hence, when public
colleges are free, it will ensure that society can put more people through the schooling system,
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changing their thinking and growing their critical thinking and decision-making capacity (Perna
et al., 2017). Additionally, with more jobs needed for a degree qualification, the outcomes will
be improved to meet the societal demands that keep on becoming complicated. Therefore, people
will be receiving goods and services that meet their tastes and preferences since they will b of
high quality.
Public colleges need to be free to ensure that the students graduate from the schools and
can come from them without the burden of the debts they need to service after their schooling.
When the students graduate with loans, they are subjected to expenses that will make them have
the hardship of settling with life after school. Further, some students are expected to give back to
society as a return to investment. It is from all the resources that have been used to invest in them
for their education. Also, to make them independent in life (Jackson, 2018). Offering free college
education from the public colleges will ensure the students who graduate from the institutions
have the mileage to establish themselves to the society after school without hardship and burden
that they cannot avoid. The students will be motivated to take insurance covers that secure their
future and compensate for their long periods in school.
In conclusion, public colleges offering free education services will be an effective social
welfare incentive to ensure that the biases that have always existed in society are eradicated, and
people are offered equal opportunities. A free college education will increase productivity since a
more skilled workforce will be produced in society through college training courses. Students
will be relieved from the burden of repaying students’ loans after school. Therefore, the problem
of inequality will be eradicated from society.
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References
Perna, L. W., Leigh, E. W., & Carroll, S. (2017). “Free college:” A new and improved state
approach to increasing educational attainment? American Behavioral Scientist, 61(14),
1740-1756.
https://www.academia.edu/download/55300143/Perna__Leigh____Carroll__2017_-
_ABS_-_State_Promise_Programs.pdf
Jackson, V. (2018). Ohio Promise: Equitable Free College. Policy Matters Ohio.
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED591092.pdf