2016 Postmortem

bkkyosemite

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51. I am from CA and yes it was.

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Was college once free in United States, as Bernie Sanders says? [View all] LiberalArkie Feb 2016 OP

mostly true Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #1

$1 per unit is what I paid when I got out of the military FreakinDJ Feb 2016 #27

Public colleges used to be in California Luminous Animal Feb 2016 #2

Gov. Reagan ended that. PowerToThePeople Feb 2016 #6

California's public universities are still free if you are low income AZ Progressive Feb 2016 #10

I received enough pell grants to cover my tuition at State University. PowerToThePeople Feb 2016 #11

And that has been allowed to dry up... Look at how much has been taken from education.. MrMickeysMom Feb 2016 #71

Yep, and made a lot of other changes as well ... eppur_se_muova Feb 2016 #95

I remember this, I was there Rebkeh Feb 2016 #85

Many state university systems were very low cost or free. Warren Stupidity Feb 2016 #3

My school, a state U, was so inexpensive that I could pay for it and Nay Feb 2016 #17

You should be very proud of yourself. I was proud of you just reading your post. merrily Feb 2016 #80

Thank you, but really anyone with decent grades did college just that Nay Feb 2016 #88

No, not everyone. Some people did not have to worry about taking semesters off to earn money. merrily Feb 2016 #91

Awww, thanks! Nay Feb 2016 #92

That's more like it! Happy to see it. merrily Feb 2016 #93

AGREED, Very Competitivwe to get into but yep... Very inexpensive in NEW YORK State! CorporatistNation Feb 2016 #73

No. bravenak Feb 2016 #4

Wrong again, they were in California at least. Live and Learn Feb 2016 #18

Is that the entire US? No. United states means states united. bravenak Feb 2016 #20

Was California in the US at the time? Yes? Then there was tuition free college in the US. Electric Monk Feb 2016 #22

Is California the United States? bravenak Feb 2016 #23

In this graphic, is circle B inside circle A? Yes? So if I put something in circle B, it would Electric Monk Feb 2016 #24

Does that make the the same exact thing? bravenak Feb 2016 #26

Since California isn't 'the United States'..... daleanime Feb 2016 #28

Its only one piece. bravenak Feb 2016 #29

Then we had free college in the US.... daleanime Feb 2016 #32

There were some costs bravenak Feb 2016 #35

Yes, but not the major ripoff it mostly is now. SusanCalvin Feb 2016 #37

I get that but free means kostenlos to me. bravenak Feb 2016 #41

Dang! And I thought my kids always had to get the last word in. nt TheBlackAdder Feb 2016 #68

True, but even with SusanCalvin Feb 2016 #69

Bernie's plan only entails free tuition. At most schools you can rent books fairly cheaply. Live and Learn Feb 2016 #58

My school rents books for alot because are not connected to the lower 48 bravenak Feb 2016 #65

He promised free tuition not free everything. But there will still be Pell grants and state grants Live and Learn Feb 2016 #66

Oh, please. "In the US" does not equal "everywhere in the US" except in a merrily Feb 2016 #81

It did exist in some parts of the US (CA being notable) SusanCalvin Feb 2016 #36

I know you do. bravenak Feb 2016 #42

Not with your Can't Do attitude. Live and Learn Feb 2016 #59

History is made either way bravenak Feb 2016 #64

I'm usually a pessimist, SusanCalvin Feb 2016 #70

Maybe bravenak Feb 2016 #75

Aw, I would have liked to hear it, SusanCalvin Feb 2016 #101

Ha! bravenak Feb 2016 #102

Wrong! I paid for my husband's tuition at a state university, it was doable on my salary ... slipslidingaway Feb 2016 #44

How is that free? You paid money. bravenak Feb 2016 #45

The amount of money was trivial, how much do we spend on care of veterans for ... slipslidingaway Feb 2016 #48

Trivial to you is alot to poor people. bravenak Feb 2016 #50

We were never rich, I started working full time at the age of 17 and paid my way for night school slipslidingaway Feb 2016 #60

I am very sorry for the pain and exhaustion bravenak Feb 2016 #63

Thank you ... slipslidingaway Feb 2016 #67

I am so sorry for your loss. nt SusanCalvin Feb 2016 #72

Well, your hasty reply does underscore how successfully the concept was buried. Orsino Feb 2016 #89

There were fees bravenak Feb 2016 #90

Not quite free but close DaveT Feb 2016 #5

Bernie is only talking about tution and it was free. nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #19

My tuition at Southwest Texas State in 1984-1989 was.... Avalon Sparks Feb 2016 #57

That's how it was for me Blue_In_AK Feb 2016 #98

I paid $5 per graduate credit at Texas A&M in 1983. HereSince1628 Feb 2016 #7

Yep. I was there late 80s in TX, at UT. RiverLover Feb 2016 #21

WHEN TUITION AT CUNY WAS FREE, SORT OF elleng Feb 2016 #8

SUNY and CUNY sure weren't free in the early eighties. bettyellen Feb 2016 #14

Tuition was imposed at CUNY in the late seventies. bklyncowgirl Feb 2016 #76

I remember it resulted in lots of families that valued education moving west, yep. bettyellen Feb 2016 #96

your link says so Go Vols Feb 2016 #9

In 1920 less than 5% of the 18-24 population was enrolled in university exboyfil Feb 2016 #12

Ohio famously paid for every Ohio resident's state tuition. closeupready Feb 2016 #13

not in every state- NYC wasn't free and I know people who moved west just to get their bettyellen Feb 2016 #15

The University of California was virtually free back in the 60's tularetom Feb 2016 #16

Prop 13 killed education in California. kwassa Feb 2016 #25

Yes in California, I believe.m JDPriestly Feb 2016 #30

You are correct. nt SusanCalvin Feb 2016 #34

Cheaper, not free. Free for Europeans on scholarships flamingdem Feb 2016 #31

Close enough when I was in college in the 70s. SusanCalvin Feb 2016 #33

Other than in California, and perhaps a couple of other states, SheilaT Feb 2016 #38

Tuition was free for graduate student TAs Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #49

Grad students are a special case, I think. SheilaT Feb 2016 #54

UW Milwaukee 1963. Cost of books. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2016 #39

Mostly true, tuition was something you could pay for with a summer job if you worked hard ... slipslidingaway Feb 2016 #40

I think that a semester at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #43

CCNY was free for a while on a merit based system aikoaiko Feb 2016 #46

Bernie's idea of graduating from college debt free is not pie in the sky. FuzzyRabbit Feb 2016 #47

"..people valued education and believed that a well educated society provided benefits for everyone' slipslidingaway Feb 2016 #56

I am from CA and yes it was. bkkyosemite Feb 2016 #51

when I went to college, I went on a state scholarship, almost everyone I knew hollysmom Feb 2016 #52

Pretty much HassleCat Feb 2016 #53

It was tuition free in California when I went to college. Cleita Feb 2016 #55

My parents said community college in NYC was free ecstatic Feb 2016 #61

Politfact says "Sanders' statement is accurate but needs clarification. We rate this statement . . . Petrushka Feb 2016 #62

I went to Brooklyn College tuition free in the early 70s. bklyncowgirl Feb 2016 #74

This is the lie that Bernie is using to get the young people to vote for him liberal N proud Feb 2016 #77

City University of New York used to be free Sanity Claws Feb 2016 #78

A relative went to a state college early in the 1960s. merrily Feb 2016 #79

Private colleges were reasonable also LynnTTT Feb 2016 #82

I have a framed coupon for a free college education at Miami University from the 1800s, iirc. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #83

This goes a long way in explaining the great divide between... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Feb 2016 #84

My AA was free. LWolf Feb 2016 #86

Many schools were free or very, very affordable. Vinca Feb 2016 #87

I entered college in 1963, to Rice Universaity, a very good private university. s-cubed Feb 2016 #94

Mostly true. Blue_In_AK Feb 2016 #97

All Community colleges were free in California. Le Taz Hot Feb 2016 #99

Free and tuition-free are two different concepts. NobodyHere Feb 2016 #100