I'm not into the tuition belief. One personal debate I've had is questioning the validity of the last year of HS and/or the first year of college. Both of my first two kids hit college with over 20 credits, knowing this, I have told my youngest that I don't care if he kills scholarships because he took harder college classes, I'm paying anyhow so take the college credits.
My thoughts are, if a student can have 20 (daughters bf had 44 or so) college credits in HS; is that saying that the HS classes are poor or the first year of college is kind of a waste for most if they can be accomplished in HS. Shouldn't there be a reason they are college classes and be deemed more difficult? My oldest graduated in 3 years. He would have been 2.5 if not for the required electives to make him more well rounded, well he just went and got a minor which now most advisors at ISU are advising to get a minor or second major with the electives. Does that create the well rounded individual that they are justifying requiring the electives for, or is it just a way to hold the student longer and pull funds? This is a big reason I'm not for the free tuition. I think it would cause required credits to move up. My son needed 120 credits, I needed 128 for the same major 30 or so years before. I didn't go through and look, but where did they cut those 8 credits from? Will they just add the classes? I know statement that was thrown out on why number of credits for some have reduced, was that a lot of students were being forced to attend 4.5 to 5 years if things didn't work out just right.
