<p>SMC proposing to curb registration woes at community colleges by offering courses for $180/credit hour vs the current $36. This will aloow those students who are willing to pay more get the classes they would need to transfer. SMC says the $180/ crt hr fee is just enough to keep those classes open.</p>
<p>Critics are saying it will pave the way for other CCs to raise tuition as well and create a class system of students where only middle to high income students will be able to further their education at a faster pace.</p>
<p>The proposal can be rejected by the Community Colleges Governing Board.</p>
<p>What they should do is first penalize students who waste scarce resources by late-dropping courses for non-medical reasons. A late drop (later than the add deadline for some other student to replace the student dropping the course) should require the student to top up his/her payment to that of the non-resident tuition fee for the course seat that the student is wasting. And repeating courses (whether late-dropped for non-medical reasons, failed, or passed) should require paying the non-resident tuition fee up front.</p>
<p>wow that’s a pretty daring move that raises quite a few social and ethical questions…</p>
<p>not sure if i totally agree or disagree, but the logical side of me says that since the public educational system is going broke, this might help them to gain more money. and the students who really want to be in class will find a way to pay for it, even if it means taking a loan.</p>
<p>The article also mentions that the school officials state the $180/ crt unit fee is exactly what they need to have that class open, so I guess no profit margin? Or did I read that wrong?</p>