The Gazette Mail, Charleston, WV

You Can Make Free Tuition Work, But Not Like This

February 08, 2018

Ed Welch, president of the University of Charleston (WV), writes:  Free college tuition! There are many reactions to the prospect of providing free college tuition to those attending community and technical colleges in West Virginia.  For as long as I’ve been in West Virginia, I have supported the need for vibrant community and technical colleges. We need career-track higher education opportunities for West Virginians as a complement to the liberal arts and graduate education offered by four-year institutions.  However, the current proposal is to provide free tuition to all community and technical school students who pass a drug test. This is shortsighted in several ways.

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