December 25, 2024

Swender: Uncertainty About President Obama’s Community College Plan

Garden City, KS (westernkansasnews.com) It is called America’s College Promise and is being led by President Obama to have both the state and federal government provide two years of community college free. Garden City Community College President Doctor Herbert Swender does not know whether passing this would increase opportunities for higher education or potentially limit it.

Under this plan it could put another financial burden on Kansas lawmakers.

Under this proposal the federal government would pay 75 percent of the programs total cost. 

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