Now That Community And Technical Colleges Are Free, What's Stopping Tennesseans From Enrolling?

[TexasTowelie]

Helping Tennesseans go to college takes more than giving them free tuition: That's one of the takeaways from a report released Monday by Complete Tennessee, a nonprofit that tracks higher education in the state.

The organization traveled to nine different regions to talk to groups involved with higher education. Its final report dissects barriers around Tennessee that seem to be stopping people from enrolling in higher education, even after the state has started waiving tuition for most students at community and technical colleges.

"One would think {that} with tuition barriers being significantly reduced at least for our community colleges and technical colleges, access would not be an issue," says Kenyatta Lovett, executive director of Complete Tennessee.

But in every region around the state, he says, "we found that citizens believe that there were some difficulties for students to go to college and complete."

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