Colleges in California offering free tuition this fall
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Usually, back to school isn’t for everyone. But this year, it is. Some local colleges have an irresistible offer - free tuition. Consumer Investigator Chris Chmura went back to school to learn more.
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I need this! I just moved back to CA after my husband made me move to the UK with him and then abandoned me there after I'd sold everything I had here in the US. I'm back in college and don't have any money left to pay for it after the divorce left me with nothing.
I can't tell how hopeful this makes me.
Don't waste your time when has California ever really given anything out for free 😂😂😂😂 and if it is free it's most likely useless like food stamps and SSI which combined is enough about 5 days in a motel and food for maybe a week. So maybe just a little better than this offer. Which you think actual degrees are useless wait till you graduate JC which is literally the equivalent of graduating from HS. Girl I know managing a boba shop has a degree in psychology from Berkeley and that was the best job she could get. Thankfully her family helps out alot so her 20 an hr doesn't make her rent requirements.
Go for it 👍
Congrats on making the decision to go back to school, make sure you go to a career path that pays well. PASSION DOESN'T PAY BILLS! A good paying job keeps a roof over your head and funds hobbies that lead to small businesses. Study hard and take advantage of this opportunity!
E.L.A.C. graduate here and by 1972 almost 99% of Californians were within commuting distance of an almost free CC. Bring it back.
Go for it! Free tuition, discounted or free books & free transportation?? Great news ⭐️
I feel like education is something the public should pay for... one of America's strengths is individualism, but it is also one of it's greatest weaknesses. Access to education is something that will only benefit society. Education isn't supposed to be that expensive anyway, colleges and student housing price gouge EVERYTHING. The healthcare industry is the same, slapping on whatever price that suits their fancy. That is the real battle we need to fight.
Son went to CC for the first two years after HS and transferred to UC Berkeley for engineering EECS. It was a blessing because he wasn't accepted after HS due to the highly impacted program. for CS at Cal. We saved a fortune like 100 K plus. He even got free tuition at his local CC (you pay first and they will reimburse it). People should take advantage of this.
Awesome. Education should be free as should healthcare. It is in most countries around the world.
thats a lie, nothing is "really" free, if people work at a place it means someone is paying for it, in this case, it's the tax-payer, people don't work for charity unless they're getting something out of it
it's literally not free. taxpayers for it. forever. at no point in those 'paradises' does the citizen stop paying for someone else's way. their healthcare is substandard to ours in so many ways, and as a matter of fact if a person can afford it there they have private health insurance. our liberal media never mentions that. indeed, there are a lot of things our media deliberately doesn't mention or our teachers won't teach.
why does it need to be free? because you exist? sorry, that's just not a good enough reason. america is supposed to be about merit and exceptionalism. i hate to say it, but people like you make it weak, it dilutes the pool. the only difference between the haves and have nots should be the difference between the ones who work for it and earn it and the ones who wants it handed to them.
ya want it? earn it. need money for an education? get a loan, then pay it back. want lower tuition fees? vote to have government keep out of it, they instantly make whatever they're involved in at least twice as expensive.
Your name suits you, SAP. It's not free.
@@shalomsobji5448 If we area already paying for it... why not take advantage of it...
@@QuickStix26 I'm trying to find the not free part of this... wanna share what you know? Is it only 1 semester free? Are you talking about the cost of books? Or are you like the previous guy where it comes in the form of taxes...
Me looking for an excuse: books are too expensive, transportation will be costly.
Report: books could be covered, we will provide help for transportation.
No excuses boys and girls, go back to school. Just not to be a librarian.
“I wanna be a librarian.”
You wanna tell her or should I?
Someone should tell the school to not profit off from, and exploit these poor kids. Librarian lol.
Hey don't sleep, contrary to popular belief, in the bay area cities pay librarians quite well. Oakland $40-49/hr SF $41-50, not the most lucrative in the Bay but I was very surprised to see there paid a decent wage.
People can still be librarians. There are libraries dedicated to the preservation of many topics. Literature, music, bones, media, art, and you need experts in those areas that can direct you to material/references if you want to write a paper or article or just do some research.
@@vickman141 And how many librarian jobs are there in the Bay Area?
Ok. There are still librarians, but this was funny😂
Californians do not understand how affordable community college is in CA compared to other states! In CA, a unit costs about $50. Residents of other states easily pay triple that.
Nah they do; they’re just too lazy to go and would rather take hand outs and blame it on rich people.
Damn, when I went in 2002 it was $11 per unit
@@PelosiStockPortfolio Indeed, if I remember correctly, it was $23 and it dropped to $11 and it increased slowly to around $45 now.
I know, i was shocked at the price per unit in san antonio tx. I couldnt afford it.
in the 60 it use to be free and then reagan messed it up
So its not really free.
Uncle Sam (Us) is footing the bill.
Simply lowering the tuition would be a better idea.
Free college education. I’m in. 😀
Nothing is free 😂
Nothing is FREE!! Someone is paying for this! Stop using the "Free" so freely. If it was truly free where's the money coming from to pay the professors and all the maintenance works.
Great story and a great program!
😂😂😂😂 please I know someone with a degree in psychology from uc Berkeley the actual university and she manages a boba shop managing high school kids. None of them make a livable wage. Her parents had to get her an apartment.
Awesome. Paid for by Federal dollars, no taxes required. The Federal gov can do this and much more. It’s an investment with great returns.
Berkeley city college is an awesome school!! Great teachers 😇🥰
Many business owners I know don't have business education. They seek business advisor from nonprofit who help with capital access and guidance, saving time and money.
This is better than bailing out those who squandered four years at a private college just to earn a degree in interpretive dance therapy.
Uncle Sam is paying? No tax payers are paying
Free tuition isn't that helpful if the classes you need are filled up.
When I attended Merritt in Oakland in 1979 tuition was free. Tuition at CCs has been free or close to free ever since I can remember.
Because Uncle Sam is paying??!!! Really? Tax payers are paying their tuition. Give credit where credit is do
Yes please 🥺
What??? I already paid my classes 😭
Good for you, congratulations!
they will reimburse you at the end of semester
Desperate for students….
Free is not enough. I want to be paid to be there!
At who's expense?
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OURS
Its really weird to me that how expensive education is in USA. while countries like Germany offer free college for everyone. meanwhile US military budget is 800 billion dollars. 😂😂
College enrollment is at an all time low. People are realizing that much of what you learn and get is inapplicable to real-life and especially employment. Schools, intellectuals and academia, school loan industry is in danger of losing their decades in the making grift, indebting students to loans in the process. Cities and counties now have to subsidize and keep the grift going with these "free classes".
To be fair, engineering majors are quite applicable to real life, earning very substantial amounts of money in industry. Nursing majors and business majors are good choices, too.
Can it be online classes if you live away from campus?
I bet they probably have online classes.
There's no such free
Great! Now more people will waste their precious years learning completely irrelevant information.
I got my education from my job. Its bettr than free, i got paid.
Nothing is irrelevant
Studying is no fun for a lot of people, people just don't like to hit the books and get an F for free.
Nothing is Free ! somebody is going to pay for this !
Yes some things are almost free, people just might not have bothered to make inquiries, take Australia University is free (but only for those who study and not miss classes and get bad grades). Its free in a sense. You pay back when you start working at at a reasonable pace.
Can I come from out of state and enroll that would be nice ...
People borrow money and take a risk to go to university.
People borrow money and take a risk to start a business.
People go to university to better their lives.
People start businesses to better their lives.
People go to university to make more money.
People start a business to make more money.
People go to university to have a more rewarding career.
People start businesses to have a more rewarding career.
The Left characterizes going to university as some kind of noble endeavor.
The Left think business owners are greedy capitalists.
People who go to university get free tuition.
People who start businesses have to pay their loans.
People who go to university don't end up employing anybody.
People who start businesses create jobs and hire people.
If could attend college in california....
im interested
Nothings free
they paid for it with a lifetime of taxes
@@malcriadamedina5358 Californians already pay taxes... finally finding a program that could be of use..
So stupid to force a Nursing student to study Psychology, Asian and African Studies to waste my energy and time!
The tuition isn’t free to American taxpayers living in California.
Neither is the million dollar tomahawks but I still have to pay for them.
Nothing like a hard working factory worker having to pay money so somebody can become a lawyer. Ya, that's fair.
and you would rather tax dollars go to bailing out bankers, or perhaps never-ending foreign wars? Investing in humans through education is the best way to spend money.
That hard working factory worker can also take a class or two for free 👍
@@pwp8737 *"and you would rather tax dollars go to bailing out bankers,"* No, I wouldn't. Is that the basis of your argument?
*"never-ending foreign wars?"* Depends on the war. If there is a threat that isn't stopped that could affect my freedom and liberty, then perhaps I'd support it. Once again, your argument should be based on the merits of funding education. Doing a survey of my beliefs and values and making assumptions about me, hardly addresses the topic. It's not even an argument.
*"Investing in humans through education is the best way to spend money."*
Says you. Investing in education from kindergarten through high school benefits society. Having the person who pours your coffee financially help you become a dentist is repulsive.
@@SergioFernandez-cj4mt What if they don't want to? What if their grades don't qualify? Who will work in the factories? Nobody owes you a university education, pay for it yourself.
Suppose you take a course and decide, wah, this isn't for me. So you waste more tax dollars and start a different course. This one you fail, so what the heck, just sign up for another one. Heck, you can just live at University off the taxpayer dime until things work out for you. Take as many courses as you wish, after all it's not your money.
@@JimBarcelona Nobody should be funding your education.
fantastic!!
Looks like I'm going to Cali
Who's paying for this?
The people of course.
😂😂😂😂 that's JC it's just as pointless as going to highschool. Classes at JC are ridiculously cheap so like big whoop 😂😂😂😂😂. I went to JC and each of my classes were under 50 bucks for the semester. Guess where I'm at now , on the streets cause the minimum wage jobs I was getting disqualified me from being able to afford a 1 bed
That’s awesome 👏
This is waste of money and peoples time
Not free. They will own you. You will have to think the way they want you to think. You might as well be on drugs.
@ginger6582, so much for the “you might as well be on drugs”! Sounds like you’re on the “drug” IGNORANCE! College is supposed to expand your ability to critically think, as well as provide opportunities to be amongst a diverse population. Admittedly, there are colleges, mostly religious in their foundation, that do engage in a robust amount of indoctrination. That’s not what’s generally offered in the community colleges in California. 🤔
Yes like they owned you k-12...
Limiting one's education to any single source of information is illogical.
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People don't want to become zombies any more..they don't want be put in debt sound like they are worried..lol😊
College is a complete waste of money and time for most people. It makes sense that they are giving it away.
I disagree. I graduated with an engineering degree and I make good money. As long as you choose a major based on its economic value, college is a worthwhile endeavor.
If you are a veteran or have a job you have to pay thousands of dollars.
What a travesty
Say goodbye to your ability for free thinking 😂 they will teach you what they want you to know 👍 good luck robots😂
Most people cannot think. They’re just told what to believe.
They already are with smart phones
You'll learn more drinkig at a VFW than you will attending community college.
Absolutely not true. Absolutely not! I was shocked at the quality of the CCs I attended. I bought into the stereotype that those schools are inadequate. It is the opposite-many universities are overpriced.
@@luminouscali community colleges are employment agencies for democrats.
@@giftedgreen2152 ELAC had entire depts. devoted to police training. Those are Republicans in uniform.
OH YOU SHUT UP, YOU FOUL LOATHSOME RACIST TRUMP SUPPORTER FREAK AND I WILL NEVER EVER, EVER DRINK AT A FUCKING VFW BAR!!!!!
@@giftedgreen2152 OH YOU SHUT UP, YOU FOUL LOATHSOME RACIST TRUMP SUPPORTER FREAK AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE NOT EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES FOR DEMOCRATS!!!!!
Everything free in America 🇺🇸
OH YOU SHUT UP, TRUMP!!!!!