{"id":539,"date":"2021-04-29T20:13:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T20:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/?p=539"},"modified":"2024-08-30T11:12:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T15:12:57","slug":"statement-on-proposed-tuition-free-community-college-education-under-president-bidens-american-families-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/29\/statement-on-proposed-tuition-free-community-college-education-under-president-bidens-american-families-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement on Proposed Tuition-free Community College Education Under President Biden\u2019s American Families Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-473\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/03\/Douglas_Katherine_MCC-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/>\u201cWe are excited and eager to hear details about President Biden\u2019s American Families Plan and vision to alleviate poverty and systemic inequities. To revitalize our region\u2019s economy in a way that offers all residents an equitable opportunity to get ahead, federal support for some form of free college tuition and increased Pell Grant funding under President Biden\u2019s plan is a significant step toward rebuilding a skilled workforce. Through the American Families Plan, an estimated 35,000 Rochesterians age 25 and older who have no education beyond high school will have a real opportunity to start and complete their college studies with zero debt at Monroe Community College toward a career that requires less than a four-year degree. Tuition-free community college education will give underrepresented and disadvantaged residents a real shot at a family-sustaining career in the post-COVID economy. With our industry and community partners, MCC is prepared to build on its 60-year track record of creating access and opportunity for students of all ages and backgrounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">\u2014 Katherine P. Douglas, Ed.D.<br \/>\nMonroe Community College interim president<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To revitalize our region\u2019s economy in a way that offers all residents an equitable opportunity to get ahead, federal support for some form of free college tuition and increased Pell Grant funding under President Biden\u2019s plan is a significant step toward rebuilding a skilled workforce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[34,35,7],"class_list":["post-539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-news","tag-access","tag-opportunity","tag-workforce-development"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":541,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539\/revisions\/541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}