On the recordApril 25, 2012
I am glad I had a chance to hear my distinguished friend from Illinois speak about student loans and college costs. All of us would like to make it easier for Americans to be able to afford college. At another time, I will speak about some of the other options available. The average tuition at 4-year public colleges in America is $8,200. The average tuition for a community college is $3,000. I know at the University of Tennessee, where tuition is about $7,400, at a very good campus in Knoxville, virtually all the freshmen show up with a $4,000 Hope Scholarship, which is a State scholarship. Of course, if they are lower income students, they are also eligible for Pell grants and other federal aid. So we will continue to work, on a bipartisan basis, to make college an opportunity available to students. If there are abuses in the for- profit sector or other sectors of higher education, we should work on those together.
Said by
Heidi Alexander
Labour Party
