Tennessee makes Community College free.

Yes. That Tennessee.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/11/pf/...unity-college0631AMVODtopLink&linkId=37498330

Cue the "nothing is free" kvetching from people who are perfectly content to drive on free roads, etc. ...

Their not free roads. Wat, u think those roads just GREW they're or somethign?

So cool, and awesome that they're funding it with the lottery.

Misspelling words at random isn't really that effective a way of disguising your writing style...

It is nice and all, but it is a TN associates degree. Shouldn't we just give those away to anyone who can spell degree anyway?

r u beign a phone-ist!

Like you point out, it's Tennessee. Are you certain anyone there can spell 'degree'?

An associates degree is an associates degree. I got my CCNA cert in TN. You saying it's not worth as much as a CCNA from California?

Of course its not. Tenesee is 4 loosers

Cisco doesn't care what state you're in.

Well of CORSE he dosent, hes 2 worried about teh Flash GEEz

Yeah. I can subnet in my head faster than I could do it with a calculator but I can't figure out what you just said.

Pff, u genius u of corse u can. U said Cisco dosent care what state ur in. Well 4 1 thing hes a fixtional character on a tv show but even if he wasnt hes at star labs helping teh flash so y would he care u big doof sammich

Hell, I'd love an Associates degree from any community college in Tennessee. The colleges are accredited, and just as good as any community college anywhere else, as far as I'm concerned.

Cisco, not Sisko.



Yeah yeah I know.

it works for some......

Former Vice President and climate change champion Al Gore is from Tennessee.

I guess you are suggesting we have even lower regard for him then......

Missouri is supposed to provide free post-secondary education for all its citizens, but despite a lawsuit or two it isn't exactly enforced. A+ and Bright Flight programs exist, but only for sufficently high GPAs.

The proper term is "reality check"

Good for TN. These things can be done and done easily it is just a matter of priorities.

Actually, certs are standardized. They may change over time, but if you got yours the same time or close to when I got mine we had very similar testing and requirements. Testing and education at colleges differs because it is mainly based on teachers and individual curriculums. Standards for state schools are controlled by the state. So yes you will have a different education despite the same degree. This is why technical certs are often considered much different than a college degree.

You are suggesting I had a high degree of respect for him to begin with. Better than Bush used to be apathetic endorsement before trump lowered the bar and made it look awesome.

Everyone knows that nothing is free. Everyone ALSO knows that, when discussing public services, "free" means "something we have decided to invest in as a public priority and that therefore won't have direct user fees."

I'm sure the state will find a way to screw it up, especially since it's funded by the lottery.

I love how you outright dismiss a whole state and an associates degree because of your intolerance towards a certain group of people.

The state is prohibited from touching the principal

That's page 11 of the law which created the lottery.
As of right now, the lottery in TN is overflowing with cash. One of the reasons for doing this is because they have such a large cash reserve (over and above what they're required to have as spelled out later in the law) that it is simply doing nothing but continuing to draw interest and even at projected rates of growth for scholarship demand, will hardly be impacted. Which means, sooner or later, some opportunistic politician will seek to tap into that money for something other than its intended purpose.

By expanding the program so that it covers many people wanting to attend the 13 community in TN, this prevents some politician from saying that we should use the surplus to fund the construction of a new sports stadium or something. It also provides an economic boost to TN, far larger than it would get from a new stadium, as well as encourages more people to move to the state.

I don't understand why we can't have a program where the state pays for your education in exchange for public service.

Doesn't the increase in tax revenue do to the higher earning potential count as a public service?

And how do you suggest the state pay for it? Additionally, what constitutes "public service"?