Community college being made free?

[haliman 8]

So recently Joe Biden did a press conference where he announced that community college tuition fees would be made free sometime in the near future. Does anyone know when this is taking place? And if so does it extend to F1 visa applicants or just American residents?

[aaron2020 11,651]

It's just a proposal right now.  Congress has to agree to pass a bill and the President has to sign it before it becomes law.  There's no way to know when it will happen since Republicans are not supporting any Democratic proposals.

Highly doubt that community college will be free for international students.  No reason for US taxpayers to pay for the college education of foreign students.  

[Nitas_man 3,100]

Not a chance.  You can’t be serious.

[haliman 8]

8 minutes ago, Nitas_man said:

Not a chance.  You can’t be serious.

Well I figured most likely not but no harm in checking regardless

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

7 minutes ago, Nitas_man said:

Not a chance.  You can’t be serious.

This. I can’t imagine finding the worlds students. We need to educate our own- the amount of people that lack a college education in this country is sad. Like stated above- it’s a proposal- no one knows when or if it will be approved.

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

I would go further and say that even IF it is made free, that is very likely to only be the case for in-state residents of a particular CC system, not even all Americans. After all, the raison d’etre of a CC is to provide a low cost education to local residents. You know what would be a great filler for the budget hole... out of state/international fee raises.

 

 

Edited April 30, 2021 by SusieQQQ

[Nitas_man 3,100]

32 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

I would go further and say that even IF it is made free, that is very likely to only be the case for in-state residents of a particular CC system, not even all Americans. After all, the raison d’etre of a CC is to provide a low cost education to local residents. You know what would be a great filler for the budget hole... out of state/international fee raises.

 

 

You are right

1 hour ago, haliman said:

Well I figured most likely not but no harm in checking regardless

Rule number one - you have to pay to play

[Mike E 11,739]

16 hours ago, haliman said:

Does anyone know when this is taking place?
 

no one knows. 

16 hours ago, haliman said:

And if so does it extend to F1 visa applicants or just American residents?

I expect this benefit will be for US citizens, LPRs, and aliens with no authorized presence.  Aliens with authorized presence and no green cards would not get this benefit.   

[Crazy Cat 41,847]

14 hours ago, Nitas_man said:

Rule number one - you have to pay to play

and another one:  There is no free lunch......imo.

[JFH 12,190]

He also promised to cure cancer. I’d rather he get that done before he starts work on scrapping CC fees. 

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

6 minutes ago, JFH said:

He also promised to cure cancer. I’d rather he get that done before he starts work on scrapping CC fees. 

Well lofty aims are fine but any business or government official knows that the low hanging fruit may as well be picked while you’re figuring out how to get to the top of the tree.

 

 

[Nitas_man 3,100]

2 hours ago, JFH said:

He also promised to cure cancer. I’d rather he get that done before he starts work on scrapping CC fees. 

The last one would probably suggest we cure cancer by ingesting bleach or rat poison

[Joe Kano 327]

Quickest and one of the easiest way now of days to get to the USA from Philippines is F1.  Have one set of friends bringing 2 cousins from Philippines on F1 to go to community college, only took 6 months.

 

Other friend found out and now she is going to get her sister here from Philippines.  Even our local community colleges advertises for F1 applicants

 

ttps://www.collin.edu/gettingstarted/advising/international/initial_F-1_Applicants.html

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

3 hours ago, Joe Kano said:

Quickest and one of the easiest way now of days to get to the USA from Philippines is F1.  Have one set of friends bringing 2 cousins from Philippines on F1 to go to community college, only took 6 months.

 

Other friend found out and now she is going to get her sister here from Philippines.  Even our local community colleges advertises for F1 applicants

 

ttps://www.collin.edu/gettingstarted/advising/international/initial_F-1_Applicants.html

Yes but are they studying for free like OP wants? No one is surprised boatloads of people are using CCs to get student visas or that CCs are advertising for internationals to come pay rather excessive fees for what they actually get to help balance the books. Your link requires students to show they have $24k for their visa applications. You can get a real university degree for that kind of money per year in some western European countries.
 

 

Edited May 2, 2021 by SusieQQQ

[Joe Kano 327]

1 hour ago, SusieQQQ said:

Yes but are they studying for free like OP wants? No one is surprised boatloads of people are using CCs to get student visas or that CCs are advertising for internationals to come pay rather excessive fees for what they actually get to help balance the books. Your link requires students to show they have $24k for their visa applications. You can get a real university degree for that kind of money per year in some western European countries.
 

 

 I paid for my wife last year of college in Philippines to become a RN. I only paid $600 per semester, so a 4 year degree cost less than $3K in Philippines for a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

 

The 24K is what the sponsor has to show in the bank.

 

Once they get to the USA they stay for a long time, When my fiance got her she had a cousin on student visa, she was in USA for about 5 years, and she also worked here.  She was in Florida most of the time, and then spent some time in New York.