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Should Public Universities in the U.S. Be Free? Holly Lozano University of Arizona Global Campus PHI103: Informal Logic Professor Christopher Myers March 21, 2024

Introduction My topic is regarding free public education and if it’s beneficial to the community or why it would not be beneficial. The importance regarding this topic is many reasons, most importantly money plays one of the biggest factors and stressors to the public. Some people do not have family or others to depend on to financially support them through college. My point in writing this paper on this matter is to present ideas on why it would be a great idea to offer free education. On the other hand, show why it would also not be such a great idea and if there are alternatives or some kind of program that will hold college students accountable then what is already out there. Source 1: Not everyone can afford to go to college My Debt? Our Debt? Ambiguity and Advantage in Family Financial Assistance for Graduate School1. (2022). Sociological Forum , 37 (3), 856–879. https://doi.org/10.1111/socf.12829 Although free college is not ideal, having that option could be very beneficial to those who are desperate to continue their education after college. According to Hamilton et el 2018; Lareav 2011; Swartz et el. 2011”Building on Lareaus (2000, 2011) conceptions of class differences in parental involvement with earlier education argues that middle-class parents of college students serve as a “college concierge”, since they attended college and earned a degree, parents then are able to help guide their child to attend college as well as assist the child financially. On the other hand, you

have working-class parents who were unable to attend college, chose blue- collar jobs, and work hard to make a living might not have the same resources as others and financially. Especially in today’s economy, it’s becoming much more difficult with inflation. Source 2: Student Debt Loans Challenges for higher education in the United States: The cost problem and a comparison of remedies. (2022). European Journal of Education , 57 (2), 181–198. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.12496 American Universities regularly published high-cost figures including total costs of more than $75,000 for one year at universities like Harvard and Standford. The average publish cost of tuition at a four-year college in the United States rose by 497% between 1980’s and 2018. These numbers do not account for living expenses for students who do not live with their parents. These kinds of numbers can lead to students who will never be able to pay off their student loans. Source 3: Expand Funding for Pell Grants Harry Brighouse, & Kailey Mullane. (2023). What’s Wrong with Tuition-Free Four-Year Public College? Educational Theory , 73 (6), 833–859. https://doi.org/10.1111/edth.12605

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There are other alternatives to helping improve education. Free college would cause the distribution of spending to benefit families that do not need it, whereas it would be more beneficial to spend more money on grades Kindergarten through Senior year, rather than spending it to further benefit more affluent families. Presentation from the Argument from this source: Presentation 1: Free college would raise taxes. Premise 2: Studies show that many low-income children do not get the proper education starting from kindergarten through 12 th . Premise 3: There are other alternatives that may offer distribution of funds to benefit lower and mid-income families and not affluent families. Conclusion: College would not truly be free. However, if you could convince the people to pay for better education through their taxes then there may be better alternatives than free college. Evaluation of the Argument that College should be free The arguments are well supported through studies and trials offered to see how it would cause and effect. The reality is that families in low income areas don’t get as good of an education as some in a wealthier area might. If there were to be more funds available to improve education for people that need

it, then there are better ways to achieve that goal other than simply making college free for everyone. The funds would be stretched more thin and only serve to further benefit wealthy families. It would be better to use that money towards programs that target the low to middle class like the Pell grant. Some might argue against this by saying that this solution might discriminate against some people based off their social status. If we all deserve an equal opportunity regardless of how much money we make, then one could say they're just two sides of the same coin. Discussion of Research on this topic It was a little hard to find scholarly sources that gave a clear stance on if it was for or against my topic which would of course been benefical to me when trying to write about both my stances regarding this topic. Rather I researched and picked articles I thought best explained my topic and gave great detail so I could really get in depth discussion on this matter. Most of my resources I believe are not really picking sides but rather discussing all potential options if the United States decided to take that route. I think to further my research, I would like to look at locations that have tried to take the free college tuition route and how that worked for their community. Evaluation of Arguments in Scholarly and Non-Scholarly Sources Obviously Non-Scholarly and Scholarly sources are very different in styles of writing and credibility. I believe that non scholarly sources are like Wikipedia,

anyone can write on a subject, but it does not make it credible unless there is evidence or some data to support claims. For scholarly sources, they are deemed more credible as there is a lot of support to back claims and research has been done by professionals. I found it harder to read and keep up with the scholarly sources. Conclusion Researching this topic has been quite the journey I have scrimmaged through tons of articles ensuring I chose the perfect ones to help me write a great paper. In my opinion, there will always be discussions, data being tracked on college students and their progress in school, backgrounds and demographics. There will also be trials in the future and will continue to be and hopefully in the future there can be more options for more affordable colleges. References My Debt? Our Debt? Ambiguity and Advantage in Family Financial Assistance for Graduate School1. (2022). Sociological Forum , 37 (3), 856–879. https://doi.org/10.1111/socf.12829 Challenges for higher education in the United States: The cost problem and a comparison of remedies. (2022). European Journal of Education , 57 (2), 181–198. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.12496

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Harry Brighouse, & Kailey Mullane. (2023). What’s Wrong with Tuition-Free Four-Year Public College? Educational Theory , 73 (6), 833–859. https://doi.org/10.1111/edth.12605

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