Free tuition for select LTCC students
Starting this fall, all first-time, full-time California residents or AB540 eligible students attending Lake Tahoe Community College will pay zero tuition their first year.
The Lake Tahoe College Promise is available to any student who is attending college for the first time.
“Finances can be a huge barrier for those considering a post-high school education,” Jeff DeFranco, LTCC’s president, said in a press release. “We are proud to be a leader in this movement of opportunity by providing a first-rate, affordable education that equips students with the skills to attain a good-paying job, transition to a four-year institution either on our campus or elsewhere, or advance in their current careers.”
In addition to free tuition for a year for qualifying students, LTCC also offers a range of campus resources and programs that can help students achieve success. Among these is the Open Educational Resources Initiative, which works to supply free or reasonably priced textbooks and other course materials. Other resources include laptop rentals, unlimited free bus transportation within the South Shore, free tutoring and mentoring services, writing help, and academic counseling.
For more information about the Lake Tahoe College Promise or Lake Tahoe Community College, go online.
Mr. DeFranco you wouldn’t have a very high paying job if you had no students, would you.
A very small charge of let’s say 25 or 50 dollars would give the student a sense of truly participating in his or her educational betterment and not feel like a mooch. Self esteem would also be enhanced for the student. Freeloaders tend to give less value to handouts.
Also having the students work at the college doing gardening, custodial work, or other working endeavor would help the student to feel they are participating in their own self improvement.