New York Pilots Free College Tuition Plan

Though at first glance heightened public university admissions standards may look like good news, the negatives outweigh the positives.

Mr. Cuomo's press release doesn't say how this requirement will be enforced.

Along with those requirements and accountability measures, Tramuta also mentioned that in the event students do not meet the requirements for reasons other than certain exceptions (military, illness, etc.), the scholarship is then taken away, and students can not get it back. "Maybe he'll present himself as a progressive who gets things done".

NY is not the first state to provide free college - several states, including Tennessee and OR, offer two-year tuition programs - but the scope of this plan introduces a host of new problems.

"Today, college is what high school was-it should always be an option even if you can't afford it", Cuomo said in a statement.

The Excelsior Scholarship, as the program is called, is expected to cut the cost of a degree from a four-year State University of New York (SUNY) college-now nearly $83,000 for tuition, fees and room and board-by about $26,000 for an eligible family making $100,000 a year.

The stay-in-New York requirement is meant to build an educated workforce that attracts more businesses to NY. "At a time when racism and anti-immigrant bigotry are being enacted as Federal policy, NY must do better".

Cumorah Reed, a 19-year-old English major, said certain technology jobs are concentrated on the West Coast and many of her classmates will be surprised to learn they will not be able to apply for those positions immediately after graduation. Navient deliberately exploits millions of humans by reducing them to data points and phone numbers to be bought, sold or passed on without consent, all the while shackling them in thousands of dollars in debt simply because they pursued an education that politicians recognize as necessary in order to become a functioning part of the new economy and lift themselves up from poverty.

It's not clear that Mr. Cuomo's plan for a scholarship clawback is even constitutional.

New York's Fiscal Year 2018 budget agreement, which provides a record $7.5 billion to support higher education, includes $8 million to fund open educational resources for SUNY and CUNY students to help defray the cost of textbooks.

"Free" means the NY tax payer should check their wallet, as they've just been robbed by their state legislature.

Democratic Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins noted that one of the biggest failures was on ethics reform, which was under the microscope after the leaders of both houses of the Legislature were convicted on corruption charges in the a year ago.

"It's absolutely bait and switch", she said. Critics argue that it threatens the enrollment rates of private institutions and that forcing graduates to remain in NY could limit their job prospects. Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was there when he signed the bill.

The governor also accused the Times of being against politicians in the Cuomo family.

If he does announce his candidacy, Cuomo can expect more questions about Albany's chronic corruption problem. The program will be fully phased in over three years. Cory Booker, New York Sen.

Mr. Brooks had a long list of reasons that the scholarships were counterproductive and ill-conceived. That's more than $500,000 for an undergraduate degree. One prominent Democrat said Cuomo is off to an early start.

The issue of making public higher education "free" should also be seen in the broader context of the continuing higher education policy debate in this country and the importance of finding solutions that meet the very real financial challenges that the sector faces. He stopped short of a full endorsement.

Perhaps he will ask New York's representatives in Congress to pass a "Fugitive Scholarship-Winner Act", compelling to other states to capture and return any scholarship victor who ventures beyond New York's boundaries.