College tuition Archives

Editorial: Make college tuition free

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • September 18, 2019

Free tuition is an investment in students that will hopefully help break the cycle of crippling college debt and unemployment we face today.

Editorial: RMU’s new scholarship: great first step, but not enough

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • August 29, 2018

Since many students eventually settle in the same area where they went to college, keeping talented students in Pennsylvania is important to ensure a flourishing job market. Exorbitant college tuition rates only push students out of the state.

Op-ed: Free college tuition is not only possible, but necessary

By Derek Jones / Guest Columnist • December 2, 2015

When student rights are under attack, we all ought to stand up and fight back. And no other time in our life has this been more imperative than now — when the pursuit of a degree equates to mountains...